20011218036429A

Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Crestedbutte, CO · December 18, 2001

Date: December 18, 2001 · 10:45 local
Place: Crestedbutte, CO
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: No damage
Aircraft: N8704W
NTSB investigation: NTSBDEN02LA015
Reported as: Piper PA28235

N8704WRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2003 · Piper PA-28-235S/N 28-10237 · Built 1964 Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235 Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) On December 18, 2001, at approximately 1045 mountain standard time, a Piper PA-28-2345, N8704W, operated by cherokee flyers, LLC, of grand junction, Colorado, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing at crested butte, Colorado. The private pilot and two (2) passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under title 14 CFR part 91. The flight originated in grand junction at 1000. According to the pilot, he landed on runway 29 and the airplane began veering off to the left. The pilot applied right rudder but to no avail. The airplane collided with a snowbank on the south side of the runway, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The fuselage was also buckled. The pilot said that after walking along the runway and locating the point of touch down, he noted a skid mark made by the left wheel and he suspected the brake may have locked.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON DECEMBER 18, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A PIPER PA-28-2345, N8704W, OPERATED BY CHEROKEE FLYERS, LLC, OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN DURING LANDING AT CRESTED BUTTE, COLORADO. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND TWO (2) PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN GRAND JUNCTION AT 1000. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 29 AND THE AIRPLANE BEGAN VEERING OFF TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE FUSELAGE WAS ALSO BUCKLED. THE PILOT SAID THAT AFTER WALKING ALONG THE RUNWAY AND LOCATING THE POINT OF TOUCH DOWN, HE NOTED A SKID MARK MADE BY THE LEFT WHEEL AND HE SUSPECTED THE BRAKE MAY HAVE LOCKED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB DEN02LA015Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCrested Butte, COa wet brake that later froze resulting in a loss of directional control on landing. A contributing factor was the snow bank.Dec 18, 2001 · Substantial damage