# Accident 20010807027079A: Cessna 320, Colorado Spring, CO, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 07:40 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9367° N, 104.5667° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9367&lon=-104.5667&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3338P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3338P-2013-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320 (registry code 2074502, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSI0-470-B (registry code 17029, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsi0-470-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010807027079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT SAID HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AFTER TAKOFF AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN REPORTEDLY BURST INTO FLAMES WITH THE GROUND. THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT UNAIDED.

## 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 DEN01LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA139), Aug 7, 2001: Cessna 320 (N3338P), Falcon, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to abort the takeoff following a loss of right engine power. A factor was the loss of right engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N3338P (1)

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

- [Incident 20000527018049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000527018049I), May 27, 2000: Cessna 320 (N3338P), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative available.

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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