# NTSB DEN84LA160: Piper PA-34-220T, N42984, Englewood, CO, May 22, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 22, 1984, 15:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.639282, -104.989082 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6393&lon=-104.9891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16386
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA160
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16386/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA160

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN DURING A LANDING, THEN BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN IN UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS. HE REPORTED THAT THE PLANE THEN SLAMMED BACK ONTO THE RWY & WAS DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N42984](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N42984-2023-04-21), registration cancelled 2023-04-21, S/N 34-8333071 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Registry model: [Piper PA-34-220T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-34-220t) (registry code 7103420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34-8333071
- Airframe hours: 195
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-KB 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald White
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 24, 1984
- Departed: ASE, ASPEN, CO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: APA, Arapahoe County, runway 34R, 8,500 × 101 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,477 total, 113 in this make and model, 1,305 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 80° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 46 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840522023159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840522023159A), May 22, 1984: Piper PA34220T, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Pilot reported that wind lifted aircraft off runway and that it slammed back to runway causing damage.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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