# Accident 20080420831789A: Piper PA28180, Rifle, CO, April 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2008, 09:15 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5222° N, 107.7228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5222&lon=-107.7228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7417W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7417W-2009-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 491 total, 400 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA124) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080420831789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING AT RIFLE, CO (RIL) IN A GUSTY CROSSWIND AND LANDED HARD, LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND DAMAGED THE RIGHT WING SUBSTANTIALLY.

## 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 DFW08CA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA124), Apr 20, 2008: Piper PA-28-180 (N7417W), Rifle, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane on landing. A factor was the crosswind and wind gusts.

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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