What happened
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On June 6, 1999, at 1617 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-18, N897SP, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain while landing at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The commercial certificated flight instructor and commercial certificated pilot receiving instruction were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight being conducted under title 14 CFR par 91. The flight originated at heber, Utah, approximately 1200. Preliminary information indicates the pilot in the back seat had recently purchased the airplane from a repair facility and was ferrying the airplane to his home base in the company of the facility's chief pilot. The chief pilot, seated in the fron tseat, was acting as pilot in command since the owner-pilot did not have a current medical certificate. According to the pilot in command, when the airplane touched down on runway 14, it veered off the left side of the runway, collapsing the right main landing gear and damaging the right wing. (-23)lost control of a/c on landing roll. A/c hit van, truck and snow plow blade. Damage substantial. No injuries.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 6, 1999, AT 1617 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A PIPER PA-18, N897SP, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE LANDING AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO. THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PAR 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HEBER, UTAH, APPROXIMATELY 1200. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THE PILOT IN THE BACK SEAT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE AIRPLANE FROM A REPAIR FACILITY AND WAS FERRYING THE AIRPLANE TO HIS HOME BASE IN THE COMPANY OF THE FACILITY'S CHIEF PILOT. THE CHIEF PILOT, SEATED IN THE FRON TSEAT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT IN COMMAND SINCE THE OWNER-PILOT DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHEN THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 14, IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING. (-23)LOST CONTROL OF A/C ON LANDING ROLL. A/C HIT VAN, TRUCK AND SNOW PLOW BLADE. DAMAGE SUBSTANTIAL. NO INJURIES.
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