19811024069319A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA28236 · Durango, CO · October 24, 1981

Date
October 24, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place
Durango, CO
Airport
La Plata Co
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N80904
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN82FTE05
Reported as
Piper PA28236
Reported engine
Lycoming O540J3A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
131 total85 in this make and model47 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 lost directional control during cross wind landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING CROSS WIND LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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