- Date
- May 31, 1986, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5394ZPiper PA-20-160
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16825
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the plt took off, the wind was light & variable. However, when he returned to the arpt about 20 to 30 min later, dark threatening clouds had moved into the area. He attempted to land on rwy 14. During the landing, the acft bounced & went off the right side of the rwy, then the plt initiated a go-around. After lift-off, the acft banked & climbed steeply to the right in a downwind direction, then it suddenly entered a steep nose down attitude & crashed in a near vertical descent.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5394Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-9164
- Airframe hours
- 3,979
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Wheel Deals
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 7V1
- Airport
- 7V1 · Buena Vista Muni, runway 14, 9,125 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 18 in this make and model · 76 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 27 knots, gusting 33
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 7V1
Other investigations on N5394Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.