ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382499
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Date: | Monday 28 February 1983 |
Time: | 16:45 LT |
Type: | Piper PA-34-200 |
Owner/operator: | Aztec Industries, Inc. |
Registration: | N8295L |
MSN: | 34-8170033 |
Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1250 hours |
Engine model: | Continental TSIO-360-EB |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Erie, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Denver, CO (KDEN) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED AN UNEXPECTED DOWNDRAFT OR SHEAR EFFECT & LANDED APPROXIMATELY 102 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN COLLIDED WITH A BAR DITCH LOCATED ABOUT 63 FT FROM THE THRESHOLD FOLDING BACK THE MAIN GEAR. THE ACFT THEN SLID DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RWY, VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE & STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 75-100 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RWY. THE DITCH WAS ABOUT 3 FT WIDE & 2 FT DEEP, & IS ORIENTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY. THERE WAS ANOTHER MUCH LARGER DITCH LOCATED AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RWY. NEITHER DITCH WAS MENTIONED IN ANY ARPT PUBLICATION OR NOTAM IDENTIFYING IT AS A POTENTIAL HAZARD.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN83LA069 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN83LA069
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