Fort Morgan Muni Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Fort Morgan, Colorado 80701
Wednesday, October 15, 1986 11:40 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE STUDENT PLT HAD JUST BEEN ENDORSED FOR HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLT. HE HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ONE LANDING AND WAS ATTEMPTING HIS SECOND LANDING WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE PLT SAID HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, TOUCHED DOWN, AND OVER CORRECTED. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY 32 AND OVERTURNED. THE PLT ESTIMATED THE WINDS TO BE 290 DEG AT 5 KTS.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 10/15/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1140
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City FORT MORGAN
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 80701
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 10
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport FORT MORGAN MUNI
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 3V4
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 4550
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Pilot
Time of the weather observation 0
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 100
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 18
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 2
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 290
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 5
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 5572
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1183
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Oct 15 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1345
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 31542
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9748D
NTSB Number DEN87LA005
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER
Aircraft Model PA-22-160
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-22-160
Aircraft Serial Number 22-6661
Certified Max Gross Weight 2000
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 22 1985 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 35
Airframe Hours 2143
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name DAVE R. SCHREINER
Aircraft Owner Street Address 221 CARSON
Aircraft Owner City BRUSH
Aircraft Owner State CO
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 80723
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Instructional
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code
Departure City WIGGINS
Departure State CO
Departure Country
Departure Time 1130
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 32
Runway Length 5222
Runway Width 60
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --