# Accident 20220914015789A: Piper PA-28R-180, Broomfield, CO, September 14, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2022, 11:40 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Erie Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0102° N, 105.0481° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0102&lon=-105.0481&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3713T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3713T-2023-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28R-180 (registry code 7102809, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220914015789A

## Narrative

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

ONCE AT THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT DID NORMAL PREFLIGHT INSPECTION. PILOT CHECKED ALL LIGHTS, OIL LEVEL, SUMPED THE FUEL, CHECKED TIRES, PITOT TUBE, PROP, AND DID A THOROUGH WALK AROUND. EVERYTHING LOOKED NORMAL AND GOOD.  ONCE IN THE AIRCRAFT PILOT CONTINUED WITH PRE-FLIGHT AND CHECKLIST. PILOT GOT THE ATIS AND CURRENT WEATHER. PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE AND EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD, ALL NORMAL GAUGES. PILOT PROCEEDED TO DO RUN UP PER THE CHECKLIST, ALL NORMAL. PILOT THEN TAXIED TO RUNWAY 16 AND WAITED FOR LANDING TRAFFIC. ONCE IT WAS CLEAR TO DEPART PILOT TOOK RUNWAY 16 AND PROCEEDED TO TAKE OFF. TAKEOFF ROLL SEEMED A LITTLE LONGER THAN NORMAL, WHEN AIRBORNE AND STARTED TO CLIMB, PILOT CALLED OUT POSITIVE RATE GEAR UP. PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP AND LOOKED AT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS, ALL STILL GREEN.  THIS IS WHEN PILOT FELT THE AIRPLANE START TO NOT CLIMB OR MAKE FULL POWER.  PILOT STARTED TO CHECK EVERYTHING. PROP FULL FORWARD, MIXTURE RICH, THROTTLE FULL, ALL THESE WERE CORRECT, BUT STILL NO CHANGE.  PILOT LOOKED AT THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS, STILL GREEN HOWEVER THE GEAR WAS NOT RETRACTING. THE PLANE WAS NOW STARTING TO JUST FEEL LABORED AND LIKE IT WAS SLOWLY BEING PULLED DOWN, PILOT THEN STARTED LOOKING FOR A SAFE PLACE TO LAND, THE LEFT WING CLIPPED THE TOP OF A TREE AND PITCHED AIRCRAFT FORWARD A BIT. THAT IS WHEN PILOT SAW THE POND, THE BIG TREES RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND AND THE TENNIS COURTS WERE FILLED WITH PEOPLE. IN THAT INSTANT PILOT DECIDED TO GO FOR THE POND AS PILOT KNEW THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLEAR THE TREES OR TENNIS COURTS. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE WATER THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT, INSTANTLY THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBMERGED AND THE CABIN FILLED WITH WATER. PILOT AND PASSENGER THEN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CEN22LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA421), Sep 14, 2022: Piper PA-28R-180 (N3713T), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to a collapsed induction hose that blocked engine intake airflow.

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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