19810413016349A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · Longmont, CO · April 13, 1981

Date
April 13, 1981 · 14:30 local
Place
Longmont, CO
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5015M
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTE28
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
25 total25 in this make and model0 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.

Airplane veered off runway alignment on initial climb. Struck VASI lights & cartwheeled. Lacked torque correction.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE VEERED OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT ON INITIAL CLIMB. STRUCK VASI LIGHTS & CARTWHEELED. LACKED TORQUE CORRECTION.

NTSB investigation

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