- Date
- August 25, 1984, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7346DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825046509A
- Case key
- 16468
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - dirt bank/rising embankmentFactor
Analysis
Plt stated that following a hard landing, directional control was lost. Acft departed runway and collided with dirt berm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7346D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5496
- Airframe hours
- 2,171
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gregory Wittaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- O1V · Aurora Airpark, runway 14, 5,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
N7346DRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2013 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 13 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.