- Date
- July 3, 1982, 08:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4007ZPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703027019A
- Case key
- 69848
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot-in-command (PIC) was refamiliarizing himself in the Piper PA-18. He was occupying the front seat while the owner was acting as second-in-command in the backseat. On the third landing, the aircraft encountered soft terrain towards the end of the roll-out. The PIC stated that application of brakes compounded the problem with the wheels digging in, resulting in a nose over. In a telephone conversation, the PIC admitted that the approach was high and fast and that he overshot the planned touchdown point. The owner stated that the aircraft was equipped with oversize tires and cleveland brakes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4007Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 187958
- Airframe hours
- 2,050
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James C. Haselden
- Registered owner
- James C. Haselden
- Departed
- Aurora, CO
- Destination
- Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- O1V · Columbine, runway 7, 2,550 × 80 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 7,227 total · 38 in this make and model · 5,615 as pilot in command · 177 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Temperature
- 151 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 11 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.