- Date
- August 5, 1995, 09:16 local (15:16 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15621Piper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950805022039A
- Case key
- 19525
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for the 6 knot crosswind. Factors were the pilot's delay in initiating an aborted landing and his lack of total experience.
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 on runway 17L, which is 10,001 feet long and 100 feet wide. The newly certificated private pilot said he failed to apply sufficient aileron into the right crosswind and the airplane began drifting to the left of centerline. The pilot hesitated to initiate an aborted landing because the airplane was too close to the runway edge. He then decided to abort the landing and applied full power. As the airplane lifted off, the left horizontal stabilator struck a taxiway sign. The pilot was able to land the airplane on the remaining runway. A weather observation made shortly before the accident indicated the winds were from 200 degrees at 6 knots. The pilot reported a total of 48 hours flight time.
Factual narrative
On August 5, 1995, at 0916 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28- 180, N15621, was substantially damaged during an aborted landing at Englewood, Colorado. The private pilot and three passengers were not injured. The airplane was being operated as a personal flight under 14 CFR Part 91 when the accident occurred. The flight originated at Pueblo, Colorado, on August 5, 1995, approximately 0815 MDT. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed.
The airplane landed on runway 17L at Centennial Airport. The runway is 10,001 feet long and 100 feet wide. The recently certificated pilot, who reported 48 hours total flight time, said he failed to apply sufficient aileron into the right crosswind and the airplane began drifting to the left of centerline. The pilot hesitated to initiate an aborted landing because the airplane was too close to the runway edge. He then decided to abort the landing and applied full power. As the airplane lifted off, the left horizontal stabilator struck a taxiway sign. The pilot was able to land the airplane on the remaining runway. A weather observation made at 0845 hours indicated the winds were from 200 degrees at 6 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15621
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7305100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Altitudes, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Skyline, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PUB · Pueblo, CO
- Destination
- APA · CO
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17L, 10,001 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 22 in this make and model · 26 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.