Piper PA-28R N5114S

Summary

On 17 July 1982 at about 17:00 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N5114S, operated by Rainbow Aviation Inc., was involved in an accident near Near Almosa, Colorado, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 July 1982 at 17:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Near Almosa, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Abandoned Airstrip

Coordinates

37.4599, -105.8699

Aircraft

Piper PA-28R

Registration

N5114S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Rainbow Aviation Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jefferson Co. → Alamosa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA137

Nobody was injured.

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING FLIGHT, HIS OIL TEMPERATURE BEGAN TO RISE AND HE ELECTED TO LAND ON AN ABANDONED AIR STRIP. DURING THE LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH, UNEVEN TERRAIN, AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT WING WERE DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIR STRIP WAS AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 7600 FT AND WAS CORRECTLY MARKED TO SHOW IT WAS CLOSED. THE ENGINE WAS CHECKED AND A RUN-UP WAS MADE ON A 100 DEGREE DAY. NO MALFUNCTION WAS EVIDENT AND THE ENGINE OPERATED WELL WITHIN ITS TEMPERATURE LIMITS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.