- Date
- July 5, 1980
- Place
- Rock Springs, WY · ROCK SPRINGS, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5331HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800705024709A
- Case key
- 129171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2551 80/7/5 ROCK SPRINGS,WY PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3400 TIME - 1500 N5331H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROCK SPRINGS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIDNEY,NE ROCK SPRINGS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- WHEEL LDG.PLT MAINTAINED FORWARD STICK-NOSEDOWN ELEV AFTR TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5331H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rock Springs
N5331HRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.