- Date
- June 23, 1977
- Place
- Colo Springs, CO · COLO SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8038NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770623019549A
- Case key
- 147669
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1595 77/6/23 COLO SPRINGS,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 282 TIME - 0830 N8038N PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 255 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLO SPRINGS,CO ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ABORT TAKEOFF MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- UN ESTAB POS CLIMB RATE.HIT ARPT BOUNDARY FENCE.OVERWEIGHT 110LB.DENS ALT 8000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8038N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
N8038NRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2011 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8038N · 1
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