# Incident 20160731012829I: Piper PA-28-180, Peyton, CO, July 31, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5305L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5305L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 91 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160731012829I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/31/2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 HRS (MDT), N 5305L, SN 28-4607, PIPER PA-28-180 DEPARTED RWY 33 AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT, PEYTON, CO. (KFLY).  AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO SINK AFTER REACHING 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. PILOT EXECUTED A LEFT TURN AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD. THE EVENT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. LEFT WING TIP FAIRING DENTED, ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES LEADING EDGE NICKED IN SEVERAL PLACES, RIGHT LANDING GEAR FAIRING CRACKED, 3? INCH PUNCTURE IN RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND A 12? X 2? PUNCTURE IN RIGHT WING BOTTOM SKIN. FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD. NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED AT THE TIME.

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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