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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA34200T · Erie, CO · February 28, 1983

Date
February 28, 1983 · 15:45 local
Place
Erie, CO
Airport
Tri Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8295L
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN83LA069
Reported as
Piper PA34200T
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360EB
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,397 total380 in this make and model41 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 allowed aircraft to touch down 100 feet short of runway causing main gear to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO TOUCH DOWN 100 FEET SHORT OF RUNWAY CAUSING MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

NTSB investigation

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