- Date
- August 12, 1983, 19:45 local (Aug 13, 1983, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2183APiper PA-22-135
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830812043629A
- Case key
- 16136
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nose gear collapsed during a forced landing after the engine quit. Neither the acft owner nor the acft had flown for over 9 months. The owner was on a recheck flt with a CFI for currency. The owner had preflighted the acft and found no water in the fuel sumps. The CFI did not participate in the preflight or even witness it but accepted the owners assessment since he had seen the owner preflt on a prior occasion. The flt proceeded normally until the CFI made some steep turns. The engine failed to respond to throttle a short while after the turns while the owner was flying. Thecfi took over for the emergency and failed to get a restart so a forced landing was made. Post accident investigation revealed water in the fuel lines and carburetor. One cup of water was drained from the gascolator. The acft has two 18 gallon fuel tanks situated in the wings level enough so that water could collect over the entire bottom without collecting at the fuel outlet lines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2183A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-135
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-603
- Airframe hours
- 1,746
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-62, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dawson Fine Jewelry Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 6, 1982 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Airport
- Everitt Pvt Airstrip
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 65 total · 42 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA, 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.