- Date
- April 4, 1970
- Place
- Colorado Spg, CO · COLORADO SPG, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5221PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128323
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1595 70/4/4 COLORADO SPG,COLO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1820 N5221P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 802 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT CARSON,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- BOLT MISSING,R MN GEAR SCISSOR ASSY P/N-AN174-13.R WHEEL APRX 90DEG OUT OF PSN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5221P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
N5221PRegistration cancelled Sep 8, 2014 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5221P · 1
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