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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Ault, CO · April 7, 2025

Date
April 7, 2025 · 09:10 local
Place
Ault, CO
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8282V
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA146
Reported as
Piper PA-28-161
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
33,000 total700 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Practicing simulated engine failure. Flaps were retracted too quickly resulting in hard ground impact.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICING SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. FLAPS WERE RETRACTED TOO QUICKLY RESULTING IN HARD GROUND IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.