- Date
- July 1, 1976
- Place
- Silver Cliff, CO · SILVER CLIFF, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8845WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760701018409A
- Case key
- 154509
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1588 76/7/1 SILVER CLIFF,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 130 TIME - 2300 N8845W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPRINGS,CO SILVER CLIFF,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PILOT LANDED AT NIGHT AT UNLIGHTED AIRPORT.AUTOMOBILE LIGHTS USED TO MARK RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8845W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8845W · 1
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