- Date
- July 13, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8277DPiper PA-28RT-201
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820713032859A
- Case key
- 70599
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Distance - misjudgedCause
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Analysis
While practicing power off approaches the pilot undershot the runway and landed short. Power was added but not soon enough to prevent an accident. The aircraft contacted the ground, turned 90 degrees, slid 50 yards and stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8277D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-201 (PA-28RT-20)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-8118008
- Airframe hours
- 560
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Associates Flying Club
- Registered owner
- James C. Grant
- Departed
- Englewood, CO
- Destination
- Kirbyville, TX
- Airport
- Arapahoe County, runway 34L, 5,150 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 837 total · 90 in this make and model · 674 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.