Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN88LA149

CHEYENNE, WY, USA

Aircraft #1

N4329F

PIPER PA-28R-200

Analysis

THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN OMAHA, NE. THREE PASSENGERS AND THE COMMERCIAL PLT EMBARKED ON A FISHING TRIP INTO WYOMING. THE PILOT DEPARTED CHEYENNE AFTER HAVING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE AND CORRECTING THE PROBLEM BY PROPER LEANING. HE SAID HE TOOK OFF WITH THE ACFT JUST UNDER GROSS WT WITH A 20 KNOT CROSSWIND AND RELATIVELY HIGH DA. THE PILOT SAID THE ACFT DID NOT RESPOND AS ANTICIPATED AND THAT THE STALL WARNING HORN WAS SOUNDING INTERMITTENTLY. THE ACFT STRUCK SOME TREES BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS OVER 8000 FT AND THE GROSS WEIGHT WAS WITHIN 1 PERCENT OF MAX GROSS WEIGHT.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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