DEN84LA090

1984-02-10 · LARAMIE, Wyoming, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport LAR

Aircraft involved

N7519D Piper PA-22-150 Serious

Factual narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT WHEN HE WAS 10 MILES SOUTHEAST WITH AIRPORT LIGHTS IN SIGHT, A CONVAIR PLT REPORTED INBOUND ON AN IFR CLEARANCE TO LAND. NOT WANTING TO POSSIBLY CAUSE THE CONVAIR PLT TO MAKE A MISSED APPROACH HE ELECTED TO MAKE A TURN. IN THE TURN, HE LOST SIGHT OF THE ARPT LIGHTS, RAN INTO HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS AND FREEZING RAIN. CONCERNED OVER ICE ACCUMULATION HE LOWERED THE NOSE AND THE ACFT FLEW INTO SNOW COVERED TERRAIN. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_DEN84LA090.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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