Piper PA28-200 accident near Teec Nos Pos, AZ
On November 5, 2000, a Piper PA28-200 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Teec Nos Pos, AZ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 5, 2000
- Place
- Teec Nos Pos, AZ
- Aircraft
- Piper PA28-200 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 36.891°N, 109.369°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X22297
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 5, 2000, about 1455 hours mountain standard time, a Piper PA28-200, N3032R, operated by Air West Flying Club of Broomfield, Colorado, was destroyed during an in-flight structural failure event near Teec Nos Pos, Arizona. The private rated pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for portions of the personal flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated at Page, Arizona, about 1400, as a return flight to Broomfield. The pilot contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Prescott Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) by telephone from Page, at 1306, and requested a forecast for Pueblo, Colorado. The forecast was for winds gusting to 30; showers in the vicinity; scattered clouds at 4,000 agl; broken clouds at 7,000 agl; lowering clouds after 1700; and an increase in occasional rain and snow showers. The pilot was issued an Airmet for icing in Colorado mountain obscuration, and from Phoenix, Arizona, to Denver, Colorado, turbulence from the surface to 39,000 feet. During the briefing the pilot told the briefer that he was "trapped in Page, Arizona, trying to get back the Denver; when does it look like the system is going to clear out a little? Do you have any information on that?" At 1420, the pilot contacted the Prescott Automated Flight Service Station (AFSS) by radio over Kayenta, about 60 miles west of the accident site. He requested, and was given, the current weather conditions at Grand Junction and Farmington, New Mexico. He requested three oth
Probable cause
In-flight loss of control resulting in airframe structural failure. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadvertant visual flight into instrument meteorological conditions.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
