# Accident 20200426010489A: Piper PA-20, Colorado Spring, CO, April 26, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2020, 08:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8644° N, 104.7686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8644&lon=-104.7686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1598A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1598A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,658 total, 1 in this make and model, 108 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA161) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200426010489A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 26, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 0845 (MDT) N1598A, A PIPER PA-20 SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE UPON TOUCHDOWN WHEN IT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT THE PAVED SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT LOCATED IN COLORADO SPRINGS.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT WAS VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC). THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED OR REPORTED.

## 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 CEN20CA161](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA161), Apr 26, 2020: Piper PA 20 (N1598A), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's improper landing flare, which resulted in a bounced landing, and his subsequent loss of directional control.

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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