# Incident 19980616025779I: Piper PA25235, Salida, CO, June 16, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1998, 11:50 local time
- Place: Salida, CO
- Airport: Harriet Alexander Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5301° N, 105.9984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salida, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5301&lon=-105.9984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8784L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8784L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-B2C5 (registry code 42338, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-b2c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 155 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980616025779I

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING, AND AFTER COMPLETING A GLIDER TOW OPERATION, THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT HIT AND DAMAGED TWO RUNWAY LIGHTS AND ONE RUNWAY INDICATOR BOX. THERE WER NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED A BENT PROPELLER, TORN FUSELAGE FABRIC AND BENT TUBING. THE TOW GLIDER WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N8784L (3)

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

- [Accident 19970721019169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970721019169A), Jul 21, 1997: Piper PA25235 (N8784L), Blackwell, OK, Substantial damage. On July 21, 1997, at 1130 central daylight time, a Piper PA-25-235 argricultural airplane, N8784L, owned and op takeoff climb near Blackwell, Oklahoma. The…
- [Accident 19770610016689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770610016689A), Jun 10, 1977: Piper PA25235 (N8784L), Canby, MN, Substantial damage. Fuel cell bladder torn. Lndd in corn fld.
- [Accident 19760501010149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760501010149A), May 1, 1976: Piper PA25235 (N8784L), Elton, LA, Substantial damage

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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