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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-235 · Watkins, CO · March 16, 2025

Date
March 16, 2025 · 10:00 local
Place
Watkins, CO
Airport
Colorado Air And Space Port
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N715AG
Reported as
Piper PA-28-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
166 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

PIC stated on landing approach the PIC increased throttle but there was no response from the engine. The engine still had power but was not producing the commanded amount of power. Due to this, the PIC was unable to maintain lift and make it to the runway and was forced to land short of the runway but still within the foot print of the airport. Upon landing, the RH leading edge, roughly the halfway point of the wing, buckled due to the force of the landing and the wing still being full of fuel. The PIC then proceeded to taxi onto the runway and to the ramp area under the aircrafts own power. No injuries reported.

Cause of the incident is still unknown and this report will be amended to show the cause of the incident when that information becomes available.

As the FAA filed it

PIC STATED ON LANDING APPROACH THE PIC INCREASED THROTTLE BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STILL HAD POWER BUT WAS NOT PRODUCING THE COMMANDED AMOUNT OF POWER. DUE TO THIS, THE PIC WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN LIFT AND MAKE IT TO THE RUNWAY AND WAS FORCED TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY BUT STILL WITHIN THE FOOT PRINT OF THE AIRPORT. UPON LANDING, THE RH LEADING EDGE, ROUGHLY THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE WING, BUCKLED DUE TO THE FORCE OF THE LANDING AND THE WING STILL BEING FULL OF FUEL. THE PIC THEN PROCEEDED TO TAXI ONTO THE RUNWAY AND TO THE RAMP AREA UNDER THE AIRCRAFTS OWN POWER. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNKNOWN AND THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED TO SHOW THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WHEN THAT INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.