# Accident 19880702025029A: Piper PA32260, Colorado Spring, CO, July 2, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 1988, 18:50 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4878S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4878S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-260 (registry code 7103206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-E4B5 (registry code 42342, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-e4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32260
- Reported engine: LYC O540E4B5
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 66 total, 18 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA144) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880702025029A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING.IMPACTS BROKE OFF THE NOSE GEAR. AIRCRAFT THEN SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY.

## 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 DEN88LA144](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA144), Jul 3, 1988: Piper PA-32-260 (N4878S), Colorado Spring, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4878S (2)

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

- [Incident 19880812044189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880812044189I), Aug 12, 1988: Piper PA32260 (N4878S), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. Pilot made a hard landing. Plane porpoised down runway. Damage to nose gear. Appears lack of competence was the cause
- [Accident 19790227003789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790227003789A), Feb 27, 1979: Piper PA32260 (N4878S), Farmington, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot hit a patch of snow on runway, lost directional control.

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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