- Date
- August 18, 1982, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N16541Piper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820818039279A
- Case key
- 70600
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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.
Analysis
The engine quit on downwind and the pilot attempted to land downwind on the runway but crashed off the airport. The fuelselector was found on an auxiliary tank. According to the pilot and other operators of the aircraft, only about three gallons of fuel are put into the auxiliary tanks for local flights. The pilot had made one touch and go landing prior tothe accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16541
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7310104
- Airframe hours
- 2,386
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flying Chargers Inc.
- Registered owner
- Flying Chargers Inc.
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Airport
- APA · Arapande County, runway 10, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 577 total · 35 in this make and model · 370 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Temperature
- 183 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.