# Accident 20050817017709A: Piper PA18, Cedaredge, CO, August 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2005, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cedaredge, CO
- Airport: Flying W Ranch Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8656° N, 107.8228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8656&lon=-107.8228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7172K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7172K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18 (registry code 7101802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,767 total, 200 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817017709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED VERNAL, UTAH AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 MDT FOR HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP, CO20. HE ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 14:20. THERE WERE SOME AFTERNOON CONVECTIONS IN THE AREA BUT NO ACTIVE CELLS. HE FLEW OVER THE STRIP AND NOTICED THE WIND WAS FROM THE NORTHEAST BY LOOKING AT HIS WINDSOCK. ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 35 THE GROUND SPEED INCREASED DRAMATICALLY AND THE WINDSOCK SHOWED A STRONG WIND FROM THE SOUTH. A DECISION WAS MADE TO GO AROUND. DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURE, HEAVY LOAD (PASSENGER AND FUEL), AND THE RISING TERRAI THIS DECISION WAS A POOR ONE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB FASTER THAN THE TERRAIN. AS THE END OF THE RUNWAY CAME NEAR HE TURNED SO AS NOT TO HIT SOME TREES AT THE END OF RUNWAY AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN ADJACENT FIELD. THE TURN CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO STALL AND IT FELL ABOUT 15 FEET ONTO A FENCE AND ROCKS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER AND THEY EXITED THE AIRCRAFT THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR.

## 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 DEN05CA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05CA129), Aug 17, 2005: Piper PA-18A-135 (N7172K), Cedaredge, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control, and the pilot's improper in-flight planning. Contributing to the accident was the wind shift, resultant tailwind, and the inadvertent stall.

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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