# Accident 19971107032679A: Piper PA22150, Denver, CO, November 7, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 1997, 11:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8891° N, 105.1091° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8891&lon=-105.1091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9607D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9607D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-150 (registry code 7102210, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,659 total, 92 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971107032679A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED ON TAKE OFF ROLL, OTHER CIRC UNK, BROOMFIELD, CO. (.4)THE PILOT SAID HE BEGAN THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND AT 25 TO 30 MPH, HE RAISED THE TAIL. THE AIRPLANE 'IMMEDIATELY JERKED TO THE LEFT.'  THE PILOT CORRECTED WITH RIGHT RUDDER, OVERSHOT THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, AND THE AIRPLANE 'JERKED TO THE LEFT' AGAIN. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT, HE SAID HE 'OVER-CORRECTED' AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN 'FISH TAILING.'  THE RIGHT WING THEN CONTACTED THE GROUND AS THE AIRCRAFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE PILOT SAID HE MAY HAVE INADVERTENTLY STEPPED ON A BRAKE, CAUSING THE LOSS OF CONTROL.

## 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 FTW98LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA046), Nov 7, 1997: Piper PA-22-150 (N9607D), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll, due to inadvertently stepping on the brake. A related factor was the pilot's excessive use of rudder for…

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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