- Date
- August 7, 1971
- Place
- Leadville, CO · LEADVILLE, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3649WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2916 71/8/7 LEADVILLE,COLO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1291 TIME - 0930 N3649W PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 960 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEADVILLE,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3649W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake County
N3649WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N3649W · 1
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