- Date
- March 16, 1992, 07:37 local (14:37 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6863PPiper PA-24-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 18203
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Factors were: a snow bank alongside the runway, and gusty crosswind.
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 landing flare was described as to high and the aircraft drifted to the left. On touch down the aircraft bounced and encountered a slight crosswind or 'gust of wind.' When the aircraft touched down again, the left main landing gear went off the side of the runway and the aircraft veered to the left, colliding with a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6863P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24-1999
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pete Peters
- Registered owner
- Pete Peters
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1992 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- LAR · Laramie, WY
- Airport
- 2V2 · Vance Brand, runway 29, 4,800 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 176 total · 130 in this make and model · 134 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 16 nm away
Other investigations on N6863P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.