- Date
- April 8, 1976
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8872EPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760408006839A
- Case key
- 153582
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0836 76/4/8 NR.COLORADO SPGS,CO PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1450 TIME - 1615 N8872E PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCCOOK,NE COLORADO SPGS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 54 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 17 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RWY 17 AVBL,LNDD RWY 21.GUSTING 24K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8872E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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