- Date
- June 21, 1986, 19:30 local (Jun 22, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Last Chance, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8844WPiper PA-28-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860621027079A
- Case key
- 16987
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt said while on landing roll a cross wind drifted N8844W off right hand side of rwy on a farm strip. Lost control in soft dirt and nosed over. The vehicle was substantially damaged, and the plt was uninjured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8844W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-10394
- Airframe hours
- 1,566
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Larry Leoffler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1986 · 48 hours before
- Airport
- runway 34, 2,800 × ft, dirt
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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 24 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °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.