- Date
- September 26, 1992, 14:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place
- Craig, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7181WPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920926039029A
- Case key
- 18238
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 airplane landed, rolled approximately 1,000 feet, then went off the right side of runway 25 and struck a drainage ditch 120 feet away. Winds were reported to be calm. The pilot said the airplane was not equipped with optional toe brakes. The airplane owner's manual notes that the nose wheel is steerable through a 44 degree arc. Standard braking consists of a lever and master cylinder located below and behind the left center on the instrument sub panel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7181W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-989
- Airframe hours
- 724
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Tileston, Gordon M.
- Registered owner
- Tileston, Gordon M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 13, 1991 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CAG
- Destination
- CAG
- Airport
- CAG · Craig-Moffat Muni, runway 25, 5,606 × 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 804 total · 724 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 1 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.