# Accident 19810425027159A: Piper PA24250, Denver, CO, April 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5113P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 109 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTE30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810425027159A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. GROUND LOOPED, COLLAPSED GEAR. NOT ENDORSED FOR OPERATING COMPLEX AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81DTE30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTE30), Apr 25, 1981: Piper PA-24 (N5113P), Denver, CO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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