- Date
- October 19, 1973
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7657KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731019032479A
- Case key
- 188337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3138 73/10/19 CHEYENNE,WYO PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 366 TIME - 0030 N7657K PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 274 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHEYENNE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALLIANCE,NEBR FT COLLINS,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT HE WAS OVR FT COLLINS.LNDD ON APCH LIGHT SYS,MISTAKEN FOR CENTER RWY LTS.RWY LTS OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7657K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cheyenne Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.