# Accident 20021009026849A: Piper PA20, Denver, CO, October 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2002, 15:08 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7853° N, 104.5433° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7853&lon=-104.5433&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7672K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7672K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021009026849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DR. VASEY STATED HE HAD THE BRAKES BLED SEVERAL DAYS PRIOR TO FLYING FROM SYLVIA, KS TO THE FRONT RANGE AIRPORT. DURING TAXI OUT IN SYLVIA THE BRAKES FELT NORMAL AND THE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHT TO DENVER WAS UNEVENTFUL. RUNWAY 8 WAS IN USE AT FTG AND THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SE AT LESS THEN FIVE KNOTS RESULTING IN A QUARTERING TAIL WIND. THE LANDING WAS NORMAL BUT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKES THE LEFT PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE RIGHT ONE GRABBED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP AND THEN DEPARTE THE RUNWAY. IT TIPPED UP ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, WING SPAR AND LEFT ELEVATOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DISSASSEMBLED AND TRANSPORTED TO SYLVIA, KS FOR REPAIRS.

## 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 DEN03LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA005), Oct 9, 2002: Piper PA-20 (N7672K), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inability [not possible] to control the airplane during landing roll due to the failure of the left brake, and the subsequent inadvertent ground loop.

## Other reports on N7672K (1)

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

- [Incident 19790907034739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790907034739I), Sep 7, 1979: Piper PA20 (N7672K), Homer, AK, Minor damage. Landed on sand bar and unable to stop before running into tidal creek. Struck a rock, gear failed and overturned.

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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