- Date
- August 18, 1984, 06:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N6431RPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840818042879A
- Case key
- 16466
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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 acft collided with a rwy light during takeoff. The plt said the acft got to about 6 ft AGL for about 100 ft and whenthe plt pushed foward on the control column the acft settled back on the rwy. During the roll the horizontal stabilizer hit a rwy light. The plt maintained there was a malfunction of the nose gear. Investigation revealed the crack in the nose gear was a result of the accident. FAA did a flt check with the plt and reported that he used only the ailerons forcross-wind corrections while on the rwy. The rudders and nose wheel steering were not used.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6431R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28 21611
- Airframe hours
- 3,527
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John J. Robinson, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1984 · 8 hours before
- Destination
- ABQ · Albuquerque, NM
- Airport
- 5C00 · Animas Air Park, runway 19, 5,000 × 50 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,075 total · 10 in this make and model · 2,041 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °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.