What About That Aircraft That…..

Eric Treland

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What About That Aircraft That

• Ran Off the Runway ?

• Hit a Bird ?

• Had a Near Miss ?

• Had a Mid-Air ?

CRASHED ?

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In Tree

N6487J (Preliminary)

7 Dec 2006; PA 28-180; Night VMC; PPC: PIC TT 1109; TT in type 1; Falcon CO;

The pilot was established on a base leg for runway 15 (6,000 feet by 60 feet, asphalt) when the engine lost power

The pilot lined up with an adjacent road and continued for a forced landing

Prior to the landing he checked his carburetor heat, mixture, throttle, and magnetos in an attempt to troubleshoot the power loss

He stated that he observed car lights and "swerved into [the] tree."

N6487J (Preliminary)

The airplane was removed from the tree and relocated to a hangar in Greeley, Colorado, for further examination

An examination of the engine and related systems revealed no anomalies

The closest official weather observation station was City of Colorado Springs (COS), Colorado Springs, Colorado, 11.6 nautical miles (nm) south southwest of the accident

METAR for COS, at 1654, reported, temperature - 010 C; dewpoint, - 050 C

According to the carburetor icing probability chart conditions were conducive for "serious icing at glide power" and "serious icing at cruise power."

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Light Pole

INITIAL IMPACT – RIGHT WING

DAMAGED AREAS

CRACKED AREA

DAMAGED AREA

DAMAGED AREA AROUND WING STRUT

DAMAGED AREAS – LEFT WING

FAA ?

NTSB ?• April 30, 2006, about 1730 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 172S, N534SP,

collided with a pole during taxi • noticed a small twin engine airplane land• twin engine airplane taxied back to the runway behind the Cessna 172• pilot noticed that the twin engine airplane seemed to be in a hurry, because

it was gaining on the 172• pilot said he pulled off the taxiway to do his run-up and let the pilot of the

twin engine airplane pass• He watched his right wing tip as he was turning in order to clear a light pole• he felt that he would clear the pole, he diverted his attention to his left wing.

That is when he felt his right wing tip hit the pole. He shutdown the engine and secured the airplane.

• probable cause of this accident as follows: pilot's failure to maintain wing clearance from a pole during taxi.

N534SP, AgainBeginning Skid Marks

Aircraft endsup here.

Exists runway and hits sign

Temporary tie down

FAA ?