- Date
- April 25, 1988, 14:25 local (20:25 UTC)
- Place
- Akron, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9569PPiper PA-25-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880425009959A
- Case key
- 17327
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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 pilot said the wind was from 200 degrees at 10 KTS, as he began his takeoff on runway 13. When the aircraft reached 20-30 feet AGL it began to sink and collided with the ground. The pilot said he thought he encountered a wind shear or change of wind direction which resulted in the sink.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9569P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 257405680
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 137
- Operator
- Thornton Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Thompson, Ruth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1987 · 310 hours before
- Departed
- AKO
- Destination
- NONE · Wiggins, CO
- Airport
- ADO · Akron-Washington County, runway 13, 1,950 × 55 ft, gravel
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,632 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 5,600 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 25 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.