- Date
- March 31, 1980
- Place
- Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75139Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800331007249A
- Case key
- 131524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1310 80/3/31 DENVER,CO PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 372 TIME - 0600 N75139 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARAPAHOE,CO CASPER,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 9000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 29 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- CANCELLED IFR DURING ILS APP,LANDED VFR.2HR AFT ACCD 1 & 1/4IN ICE ON WGS.NOT EQPD PITOT HEAT SYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75139
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Columbine
N75139Registration cancelled Aug 20, 2021 · 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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Other investigations on N75139 · 1
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