# Accident 19930321005769A: Piper PA32300, Las Animas, CO, March 21, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1993, 11:45 local time
- Place: Las Animas, CO
- Airport: City And County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0540° N, 103.2385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0540&lon=-103.2385&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4245R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4245R-1995-08-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32-300 (registry code 7103212, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540K1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 580 total, 135 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN93LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930321005769A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUST BLEW AIRCRAFT TO EDGE OF RUNWAY ON FLARE. BEGAN BELATED GO AROUND BUT IMPACTED DIRT MOUND OFF 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 DEN93LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN93LA034), Mar 21, 1993: Piper PA-32-300 (N4245R), Las Animas, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE BY THE PILOT IN COMMAND TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR WAS: WIND GUSTS.

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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