- Date
- March 3, 2001, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8356XPiper PA-34-220T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20010303004149A
- Case key
- 51848
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A contributing factor was the blown tire.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
When the airplane touched down, it veered off the side of the runway and into a ditch. The pilot said a tire blew out, causing him to lose control.
Factual narrative
On March 3, 2001, approximately 1545 mountain standard time, N8356X, a Piper PA-34-220T, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain during landing at Animas Airpark, Durango, Colorado. The commercial pilot and his three passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an IFR flight plan had been filed for the personal flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The flight originated at Lancaster, Texas, approximately 1230 central standard time.
In his accident report, the pilot said that when the airplane touched down, it veered sharply to the right and went off the side of the runway and into a ditch. The nose landing gear was sheared off, the nose cone was shattered, both propellers were destroyed, and there was bulkhead and skin damage. In telephone conversations, the pilot said a tire blew out, causing him to lose control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8356X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34-220T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34-8133041
- Engine
- Continental TSI0-360-KB, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael C. Petty
- Registered owner
- Pamela D. Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 19, 2000
- Departed
- LCN · Lancaster, TX
- Destination
- DRO · Durango, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 56CO · Animas Air Park, runway 01, 5,010 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- December 14, 1999
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,450 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 26 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 41 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 8 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.