Piaggio P180 N17PA

Summary

On 16 January 2007 at about 02:37 local time, a Piaggio P180 registered N17PA was involved in an accident near Eagle, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 January 2007 at 02:37

Classification

Accident

Location

Eagle, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE)

Coordinates

39.6425, -106.9178

Aircraft

Piaggio P180

Registration

N17PA

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aurora → Eagle

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DEN07LA051

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed on runway 25, and when he retarded the power levers prior to selecting reverse thrust, the airplane began to swerve, and he corrected with rudder. The right tire then blew out, and directional control was lost. The airplane went off the right side of the runway, and collided with a snowbank. Postaccident examination revealed the left wingtip was crushed, and the composite canard wing was fractured. Examination of the airplane by the operator's mechanic revealed no mechanical malfunction with the airframe, powerplants, or systems. The airport fire department said the airplane went off the 8,000-foot runway at the 5,000-foot mark after leaving a 1,664-foot skid mark.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.