# Accident 20190730014899A: Piper PA-28-235, Falcon, CO, July 30, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2019, 19:30 local time
- Place: Falcon, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- 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: N8641W, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8641W-2022-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-235 (registry code 7102810, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,325 total, 221 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190730014899A

## Narrative

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

THE PA28 (1963) CONTACTED A TAXIWAY SIGN FIRST AND THEN A PLASTIC BUMPER PLACED ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE RUNWAY DURING ITS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 8 AT KFLY ON JULY 30, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 310130UTC JUST PRIOR TO SUNSET. THE LEFT (FIXED) LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF AT THE WING ATTACHMENT BOLTS DURING THE IMPACT AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING, AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED THE LENGTH OF THE HARD-SURFACE RUNWAY ON ITS NOSE WHEEL, RIGHT MAIN GEAR, TAIL AND LEFT OUTER FLAP BRACKET.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO (PILOT) OCCUPANTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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