- Date
- December 13, 1978
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1562XPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781213038379A
- Case key
- 138280
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3688 78/12/13 FT COLLINS,CO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 31, 1091 TIME - 1200 N1562X PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT COLLINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUMAS,TX FT COLLINS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Collins
N1562XRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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