- Date
- January 23, 1966
- Place
- Colo.Springs, CO · COLO.SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6980WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172874
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4410 66/1/23 COLO.SPRINGS,COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 22 TOTAL TIME - 1222 N6980W PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ICY REMARKS- 18 IN WIDE RNWY CENTERLINE STRIPE COATED WITH ICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6980W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
N6980WRegistration cancelled Oct 23, 2012 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N6980W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.