# NTSB DEN86LA047: Piper PA-28R-201T, N37550, Aurora, CO, December 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 8, 1985, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Coordinates: 39.629005, -104.780632 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6290&lon=-104.7806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16900/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA047

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,taxiway condition - congested (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A FENCE WHILE DIVERTING OFF THE TAXIWAY CENTERLINE TO MAKE ROOM FOR ANOTHER ONCOMING ACFT. CONTACT WITH THE FENCE RESULTED IN A BENT SPAR IN THE RIGHT WING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N37550 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7703116
- Airframe hours: 2315
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-FB 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Nason Associates, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 1, 1985
- Destination: 3DW, SPRINGFIELD, MD
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: APA, Centennial

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,385 total, 1,385 in this make and model, 1,140 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 308° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DEN, 12 nm away

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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