# NTSB DEN66D0190: Piper PA-28, N8253W, Fountain, CO, December 8, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 8, 1965
- Place: Fountain, CO · FOUNTAIN, CO
- Location: 38.6894° N, 104.6805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fountain, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6894&lon=-104.6805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 27, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174836
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66D0190
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66D0190

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3605   65/12/8   FOUNTAIN COLO       PIPER PA-28         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 52, 25 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N8253W              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PIKES PEAK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8253W](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8253W-1974-12-31), registration cancelled 1974-12-31, S/N 28-2403 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (registry code 7102808) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pikes Peak

## Other investigations on N8253W (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 LAX75FUA17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75FUA17), Sep 27, 1974: Piper PA-28 (N8253W), Sn Nicls Is, CA, destroyed

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.

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