- Date
- June 24, 1971
- Place
- Usaf Academy, CO · USAF ACADEMY, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7783KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2427 71/6/24 USAF ACADEMY,COLO PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 723 TIME - 1620 N7783K PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - USAFA STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,COLO COLO.SPRINGS,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 92 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURB,DOWNDRAFTS ENROUTE.UN MAINTAIN FLT.HAD TO LND IN R X-WIND GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7783K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Usafa Strip
N7783KRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N7783K · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX01LA206Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinnemucca, NVThe pilot's failure to obtain weather information or an in-flight advisory that would have described current wind information at the destination airport and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control during landing.NTSB UNK65X0193Accident · No injuriesClosedWoods Cross, UT