- Date
- July 9, 1988, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Erie, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N135EPiper PA-28R-201T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880709026199A
- Case key
- 17498
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Overrun
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - high density altitudeFactor
Proper touchdown point - exceededCause
Touchdown - delayedCause
Airspeed - excessiveCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Aircraft
- Registration
- N135E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28R-7703093
- Airframe hours
- 1,537
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James S. Cox
- Registered owner
- Mpi Warehouse Specialty Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1987 · 74 hours before
- Departed
- CPR · Casper, WY
- Airport
- 48V · Erie-Tri County, runway 15, 5,400 × 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,275 total · 1,275 in this make and model · 970 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 15 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.