# NTSB DEN88LA150: Piper PA-28R-201T, N135E, Erie, CO, July 9, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 9, 1988, 12:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place: Erie, CO
- Location: 40.0403° N, 105.0383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Erie, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0403&lon=-105.0383&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA150
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA150

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - touchdown - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N135E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135E-1989-06-01), registration cancelled 1989-06-01, S/N 28R7703093 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28R-201T (PA-28R-201)
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28R-201T](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28r-201t) (registry code 7102813) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28R-7703093
- Airframe hours: 1537
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880709026199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709026199A), Jul 9, 1988: Piper PA28R201T, Erie, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast with a tailwind. Overran the runway and nosed over into a creek.

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.

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