# NTSB FTW96LA197: Piper PA-28R-201T, N175WW, Peyton, CO, May 2, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1996, 21:45 local (May 2, 1996, 03:45 UTC)
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Coordinates: 39.030487, -104.48056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0305&lon=-104.4806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 6, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 19827
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW96LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/19827/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96LA197

## Probable cause

the failure of the right main tire due to valve stem separation.

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,tire - failure (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - airport sign/marker

## Analysis

The pilot said that after making a normal landing, the airplane began wobbling.  It then veered slowly to right and the right wing struck a taxiway sign.  The pilot said he had checked the tire pressures two weeks before the accident and found them correctly inflated to 30 psi.  Also, the tires appeared normal during his preflight inspection prior to the accident flight.  Postflight inspection, however, revealed the right tire was flat.  When the hub cap was removed, the valve stem fell out.  It had separated from the tire tube. The pilot said it appeared the valve stem had not completely bonded to the tube.

## Factual narrative

On May 1, 1996, approximately 2145 mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-28R-201T, N175WW, owned and operated by a private owner, was substantially damaged during landing at Peyton, Colorado.  There were no injuries to the private pilot and two passengers.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91.  The flight originated at Pueblo, Colorado, at approximately 2125 mountain daylight time.

The pilot said after making a normal landing, the airplane began wobbling.  It then veered slowly to the right and the right wing struck a taxiway sign.  The pilot said he had checked the tire pressures two weeks before the accident and found them correctly inflated to 30 psi.  Also, the tires appeared normal during his preflight inspection prior to the accident flight.  Postflight inspection, however, revealed the right tire was flat.  When the hub cap was removed, the valve stem fell out.  It had separated from the tire tube.  The pilot said it appeared the valve stem had not completely bonded to the tube.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N175WW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N175WW), registered now, S/N 28R-7703074 (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-7703074
- Airframe hours: 2207
- Engines: Continental TSIO-360-F 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Eugene L. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 22, 1996, 43 hours before
- Departed: PUB, PUEBLO, CO
- Destination: 00V
- Airport: 00V, Meadow Lake, runway 33, 5,999 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 614 total, 303 in this make and model, 241 as pilot in command, 44 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: COS, 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 19960502009179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960502009179A), May 2, 1996: Piper PA28R201T, Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. Aircraft tire blew out on landing, swerved to the right, hit a runway marker and came to a stop.

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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