# Accident 19990821043579A: Piper PA25, Salida, CO, August 21, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1999, 11:10 local time
- Place: Salida, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5306° N, 105.9992° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5306&lon=-105.9992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6249Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6249Z-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25 (registry code 7102502, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E225 series (registry code 17015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e225-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990821043579A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 21, 1999, AT APPROX. 1100 MDT, A PIPER PA-25, N6249Z, REGISTERED TO JENSEN AIRCRAFT, INC. AND PILOTED BY JAMES M. DICKSON , WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND AT SALIDA, COLORADO.   MR. DICKSON , A COMMERICAL PILOT, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURIED.  INFORMATION INDICATES A GLIDER WAS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 24,  MR. DICKSON  ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 6, AND DURING LANDING ROLLOUT,  MR. DICKSON  SAW THE APPROACHING GLIDER AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ONTO THE DIRT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH,  MR. DICKSON  ELECTED TO APPLY FULL POWER AND ATTEMPT A TAKE-OFF AT MINIMUM SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN.  UNABLE TO DO AN ON-SITE INVESTIGATION DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS.

## 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 DEN99LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA152), Aug 21, 1999: Piper PA-25 (N6249Z), Salida, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: An inadvertent stall during an aborted landing. A factor was the pilot's selection of the wrong runway for landing.

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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