- Date
- January 15, 1986, 18:50 local (Jan 16, 1986, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sterling, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N33535Piper PA-28R-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860115000739A
- Case key
- 16914
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, during the checkride for his commercial plt certificate, the flt examiner gave him a simulated electrical failure & turned the landing lights off. The plt stated that during the night landing flare, he lost visual reference with the rwy due to snowbanks on both sides of the rwy and the acft slid to the right. The pilot said the right wing and right main gear contacted the snowbank before he realized the drift had occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33535
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R7535158
- Airframe hours
- 4,000
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Brock Taras
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 19, 1985 · 120 hours before
- Airport
- STK · Crosson Field, runway 15, 4,700 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 506 total · 182 in this make and model · 462 as pilot in command · 93 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AKO, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.