- Date
- December 5, 1979
- Place
- Englewood, CO · ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N82065Piper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791205035309A
- Case key
- 132821
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3931 79/12/5 ENGLEWOOD,CO PIPER PA-18 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N82065 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 26, 418 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 16 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENGLEWOOD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- AFTER ENG LOST PWR ON TKOF,PLT MADE 180DEG TURN & ATMTD LNDG ON TWY.WHEELS BROKE THRU SNOW CRUST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82065
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arapahoe County
N82065Registered now · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N82065 · 1
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