Brown Hi-MAX 1700R accident near Fort Morgan, CO
On September 17, 2005, a Brown Hi-MAX 1700R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Fort Morgan, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 17, 2005
- Place
- Fort Morgan, CO
- Aircraft
- Brown Hi-MAX 1700R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.334°N, 103.804°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050929X01548
NTSB summary
On September 17, 2005, approximately 1630 mountain daylight time, a Brown Hi-MAX 1700R, an unregistered single-engine airplane, registered to and operated by a private pilot, was destroyed when it impacted terrain near Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (3V4), Fort Morgan, Colorado. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The flight originated at 3V4, at an unknown time. A friend of the pilot stated that the pilot had only flown the airplane on two occasions prior to the accident flight. On one of those previous flights, the pilot had broken the landing gear during a hard landing. The accident flight was the first flight since the landing gear had been repaired. The friend said that on another flight, the pilot exhausted his fuel supply and made a forced landing on the airport.. He said that when the engine loses power, the airplane becomes nose heavy and has a tendency to dive. He said witnesses told him it sounded as if the airplane's engine was "misfiring" or "sputtering." They said it appeared the pilot was trying to land in a field. The pilot turned and stalled the airplane. Other witnesses told sheriff's deputies they saw the airplane "diving toward the ground" or "diving nearly straight down." The airplane impacted a farm field approximately 200 yards southwest of the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (3V4). The pilot held a private pilot certificate with an airplane single-engine land rating, dated March 18, 19
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during a forced landing. Contributing factors were the resultant and inadvertent stall, the loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the pilot's lack of familiarity with the airplane.
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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.
