- Date
- March 30, 1991, 12:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8543DPiper PA-22-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910330008039A
- Case key
- 18079
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Probable cause
The loss of directional control by the pilot in command.
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 left seat pilot rated passenger (who was also a flight instructor) performed two touch and go landings. The right seat pilot in command took control to perform the third touch and go landing. A wheel landing was made. During the landing roll, the airplane began to swerve left and right. It then veered off the side of the runway and the left main landing gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8543D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-5774
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A1A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George R. Risley
- Registered owner
- George R. Risley
- Departed
- 7C00 · Erie, CO
- Airport
- FNL · Fort Collins-Loveland, runway 33, 8,500 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,340 total · 179 in this make and model · 2,340 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
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 N8543D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.