# NTSB DEN87LA233: Piper PA-28RT-210, N2171P, Yuma, CO, September 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 5, 1987, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Yuma, CO
- Coordinates: 40.120174, -102.71952 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1202&lon=-102.7195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17306
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA233
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17306/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA233

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - building(nonresidential)
  - object - sign
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2171P-2013-02-07), registration cancelled 2013-02-07, S/N 28-7921003, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28RT-210 (PA-28RT-21)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-201t) (registry code 7102819) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-360-series) (registry code 17019, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-7921003
- Airframe hours: 1041
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870905075759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870905075759A), Sep 5, 1987: Piper PA28201T, Yuma, CO, Destroyed. Too much speed for a touchdown. Crash during an attempted go around. Struck an airport sign and building.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.