- Date
- July 16, 1978
- Place
- Colorado Spngs, CO · COLORADO SPNGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N33445Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780716020159A
- Case key
- 140832
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2675 78/7/16 COLORADO SPNGS,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 1000 TIME - 1613 N33445 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 586 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLORADO SPNGS,CO CARNEGIE,OKLA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 83 320 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WINDS VARIABLE NEAR CB.100 LBS OVER WEIGHT.DENSITY ALTITUDE 9000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33445
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Peterson Field
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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.