Accidents
Final Report: Cheyenne CFIT Accident
Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach afte

Piper PA-31T1, Graham, Texas, Nov 12, 2001–The NTSB determined the probable cause was the pilot’s failure to discontinue the approach after encountering IMC, resulting in controlled flight into terrain. Contributing factors were the dark night condition, low ceilings and reduced visibility.

At 9:44 p.m. the pilot of Piper N6134A contacted ATC and requested VFR flight following to his destination, Graham Municipal Airport (E15). N6134A was on the final leg of a four-leg trip that had begun earlier that day. At 10:20 p.m. radar data confirms that N6134A began a slow, steady, straight-line descent toward E15. The final radar return occurred 37 minutes later at an altitude of 3,000 feet, eight miles southeast of the airport. Radar coverage is not available below 3,000 feet in that area.