- Date
- August 8, 1987, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greeley, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8433DPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870808043969A
- Case key
- 17296
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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
N8433D was being flown by the plt/owner with an instructor aboard for the purpose of up-dating the owner's flying proficiency. Several successful landings were made, then a wheel landing was initiated. After touchdown, the acft swerved to the left, departed the rwy & sustained substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8433D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5688
- Airframe hours
- 1,718
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B2B, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Arthur D. Reineir
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- GXY
- Airport
- GXY · Greeley-Weld County, runway 9, 6,210 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2 in this make and model · 3,750 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N8433D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.