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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32300 · Ft Collins, CO · July 24, 1979

Date
July 24, 1979 · 07:35 local
Place
Ft Collins, CO
Airport
Downtown
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N36782
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79DTE63
Reported as
Piper PA32300
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,390 total27 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot claims he was unable to rotate on takeoff. No malfunction of acft was noted.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CLAIMS HE WAS UNABLE TO ROTATE ON TAKEOFF. NO MALFUNCTION OF ACFT WAS NOTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.