- Date
- August 7, 1975
- Place
- Steamboat Spgs, CO · STEAMBOAT SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5950PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750807022029A
- Case key
- 149436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1919 75/8/7 STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 620 TIME - 1140 N5950P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEAMBOAT SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LEAVENWORTH,KS STEAMBOAT SPGS,CO GOODLAND,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- FLAPS UP LDG.PLT DELAYED BRAKE APPLICATION UNTIL 100FT FROM END OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5950P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Steamboat Springs
N5950PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.