# Incident 19830821047329I: Piper PA28181, Nucla, CO, August 21, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1983, 12:20 local time
- Place: Nucla, CO
- Airport: Hopkins-Monroe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2667° N, 108.5487° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nucla, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2667&lon=-108.5487&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8266U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8266U-1991-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 6 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830821047329I

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER LEVEL OFF. BOUNCED ON LANDING. STATED THAT SHE ENCOUNTERED SOME TURBULENCE.

## Other reports on N8266U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871104082149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871104082149A), Nov 4, 1987: Piper PA28181 (N8266U), Durango, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Allowed passenger pilot to fly up a canyon to spot elk at a low altitude. Crashed into rising terrain and burned.

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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