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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Forney 415-C · Broomfield, CO · September 11, 1995

Date
September 11, 1995 · 10:55 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3697H

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-16) None of the nine responsibilities were involved in this accident. Both pilot in command and aircraft were properly certificated. On the day of the accident, the entire front range was experiencing high wind conditions. Shortly after liftoff, the aircraft was hit by a strong gust of wind, forcing it downward and to the right of the runway. Upon impact, aircraft traversed a grassy median, onto a paved taxiway, and came to rest on its nose and on the main gear at the side of the taxiway. No injuries to occupants and substantial damage to the aircraft. Turbulent wind conditions was root cause of this accident, and associated inability of the pilot to correct for the violent side movement of the aircraft caused by the windgust.

As the FAA filed it

(-16) NONE OF THE NINE RESPONSIBILITIES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT. BOTH PILOT IN COMMAND AND AIRCRAFT WERE PROPERLY CERTIFICATED. ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT, THE ENTIRE FRONT RANGE WAS EXPERIENCING HIGH WIND CONDITIONS. SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF, THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIT BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND, FORCING IT DOWNWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. UPON IMPACT, AIRCRAFT TRAVERSED A GRASSY MEDIAN, ONTO A PAVED TAXIWAY, AND CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE AND ON THE MAIN GEAR AT THE SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY. NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. TURBULENT WIND CONDITIONS WAS ROOT CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT, AND ASSOCIATED INABILITY OF THE PILOT TO CORRECT FOR THE VIOLENT SIDE MOVEMENT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSED BY THE WINDGUST.