- Date
- September 5, 1987, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2171PPiper PA-28RT-210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870905075759A
- Case key
- 17306
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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.
In flight collision with object
Object - building(nonresidential)
Object - sign
Airspeed - excessive
Go-around - delayedCause
Analysis
The plt said that during his final approach for landing he thought his airspeed was too high for touchdown and he attempted to go around. During the go around his acft struck an arpt sign and a bldg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2171P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28RT-210 (PA-28RT-21)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7921003
- Airframe hours
- 1,041
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360-FB, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James C. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 3, 1987 · 220 hours before
- Departed
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Destination
- 2V6 · Yuma, CO
- Airport
- 2V6 · Yuma Municipal, runway 35, 3,675 × 50 ft, asphalt
N2171PRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 2013 · Piper PA-28-201TAirframe modelPiper PA-28-201TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 668 total · 327 in this make and model · 511 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.