- Date
- August 7, 1987, 10:54 local (16:54 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N90629North American AT-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870807043489A
- Case key
- 17294
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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.
Analysis
The plt does not possess a single engine airplane rating. The plt had a total of 18 hours in the AT-6A. Pilot was departing on a pleasure flt. Witnesses stated that the aircraft appeared to rotate prematurely, climbing at a slow airspeed and a high angle of attack. The aircraft settled back to the runway and bounced. The aircraft became airborne and landed off the left side of runway 17L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90629
- Reported as
- North American AT-6A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 787375
- Airframe hours
- 4,792
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Foed
- Registered owner
- Robert Ford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- APA · centennial, runway 11L, 10,000 × 101 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,050 total · 18 in this make and model · 1,017 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90629 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.