# Accident 20110904020889A: Piper PA-22-108, Monte Vista, CO, September 4, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2011, 17:08 local time
- Place: Monte Vista, CO
- Airport: Monte Vista Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5289° N, 106.0406° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5289&lon=-106.0406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5934Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5934Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-108 (registry code 7102204, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-22-108
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA677](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA677) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110904020889A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 04, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 1708 MDT, A PIPER PA-22-108, N5934Z, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT IN COMMAND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT THE MONTE VISTA AIRPORT. VMC CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS PREVAILED. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN11CA677](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA677), Sep 4, 2011: Piper PA-22-108 (N5934Z), Monte Vista, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of control while landing, which resulted in a ground loop.

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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