- Date
- September 6, 1982, 12:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place
- Pueblo, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7291PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820906044079A
- Case key
- 72320
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft landed at rueblo, CO for fuel on a return flight to Texas. After landing, the pilot asked a female attendant if there were any liquor stores open. The pilot returned to the airport about 1/2 hour later and observed the pilot carrying a brown paper bag. The taxi cab driver who was with the pilot stated that during the ride back to the airport the pilot consumed the contents of a bottle of clear liquid, about 1/2 pt. The pilot returned to the aircraft and attempted to takeoff on a taxiway that connects the general aviation ramp and the intersections of runway 8L and 35. The aircraft never achieved flight and ran off the end of the taxiway over rough terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7291P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 242469
- Airframe hours
- 1,331
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John Burgess Norton
- Registered owner
- John Burgess Norton
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- F00 · Bonham, TX
- Airport
- PUB · Pueblo Memorial
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 910 total · 130 in this make and model · 130 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7291P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.