- Date
- April 13, 1981
- Place
- Longmont, CO · LONGMONT, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5015MPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810413016349A
- Case key
- 125384
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3235 81/4/13 LONGMONT,CO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 37, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1340 N5015M PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGMONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGMONT,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5015M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longmont
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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.