- Date
- November 23, 1987, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7291PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871123070479A
- Case key
- 17419
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Analysis
The private pilot was flying to build time. After an hour of flight, the plt returned to the home airport and attempted to land. Landing gear would not extend properly and manual gear extension did not help. All gear was partially extended and would not retract. A landing was made on runway 11L. A post accident inspection revealed evidence of improper and undocumented maintenance in the landing gear system.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7291P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 242469
- Airframe hours
- 1,348
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ford, Robert A.
- Registered owner
- Robert A Ford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County, runway 11L, 7,498 × 100 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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,900 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 1 nm away
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 N7291P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.