# Accident 19880213004839A: Piper PA28161, Aurora, CO, February 13, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1988, 18:30 local time
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Aurora
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MFDA
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9419C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9419C-2006-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-161 (registry code 7102803, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-161) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28161
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 10 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880213004839A

## Narrative

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

HIGH APPROACH.BALLOONED AND LOST CONTROL.LANDED WITH ONE GEAR OFF RUNWAY IN SNOW.PLANE NOSED OVER ON BROKEN GEAR.

## 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 DEN88LA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA078), Feb 14, 1988: Piper PA-28-161 (N9419C), Aurora, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9419C (2)

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

- [Accident 20060520007209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060520007209A), May 20, 2006: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Marietta, OK, Destroyed. (-23) At approximately 2130 pilot and three passengers boarded aircraft and taxied to north end of runway and turned around. After performing runup checks…
- [Accident 20050107034309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050107034309A), Jan 7, 2005: Piper PA28161 (N9419C), Decatur, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) This was an instructional night training flight. The aircraft was making a low shallow approach to runway 35 at Decatur Municipal Airport (klud) when it…

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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