Piper PA-32 N8872E

8 April 1976 · Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 April 1976 at about 16:15 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N8872E, operated by Commander Avia, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 April 1976 at 16:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: Peterson Field
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N8872E
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Commander Avia
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: McCook, Ne → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0836

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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RWY 17 AVBL, LNDD RWY 21.GUSTING 24K.

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Where

Approximate

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38.8339, -104.8214
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-0836, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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