- Date
- November 26, 1966
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7171RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119679
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3798 66/11/26 AURORA COLO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N7171R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYRANCH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- RNY LIGHTS 75 FT FROM EDGE OF RNY.PLT THOUGHT LIGHTS ABUTED RNY.LANDED BETWEEN LIGHTS AND RNY EDGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7171R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyranch
N7171RRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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