# Accident 19990811011749A: Amtr Q200, Cortez, CO, August 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1999, 11:50 local time
- Place: Cortez, CO
- Airport: Cortez-Montezuma County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3499° N, 108.5710° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3499&lon=-108.5710&mi=10
- Aircraft: N321TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N321TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Moore Thomas A Q-200 (registry code 05628E9, https://openairdocs.org/model/moore-thomas-a-q-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR Q200
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA143) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990811011749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT BOUNCED ON LANDING, RAN OFF THE RWY, AND TIPPED UP ONTO ITS NOSE. (-23)THE PILOT HAD DEPARTED MCKINNEY, TEXAS AIRPORT (TKI) EARLIER IN THE DAY.  HE SAID THAT HE HAD CHECKED FOR METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION RELEVANT TO HIS TRIP VIA THE AIRPORT WEATHER COMPUTER (DTM COMPANY) LOCATED AT MCKINNEY AIRPORT.  HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE WEATHER INFORMATION THAT HE RECEIVED VIA THAT COMPUTER INDICATED GOOD VFR WEATHER WOULD PREVAIL THROUGHOUT THE TIME FRAME THAT HE HAD PLANNED FOR THE TRIP.  HE STATED THAT HE STOPPED AT TUCUMCARI, NEW MEXICO WHILE ENROUTE TO CORTEZ.  THE PURPOSE WAS TO PURCHASE FUEL AND WHILE THERE HE DECIDED TO CHECK WITH ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO AFSS VIA TELEPHONE TO UPDATE HIS WEATHER INFORMATION.  IT WAS STILL GOOD VFR AND FORECAST TO REMAIN SO FOR THE REMAINED OF THE TRIP.  UPON ARRIVAL AT CORTEZ AIRPORT HE CALLED UNICOM AND OBTAINED A LANDING ADVISORY.  HE DOES NOT REMEBER THE WIND VELOCTY, BUT DOES REMEMBER THEM TELLING HIM THE WIND DIRECTION WAS "OUT OF TEH SOUTH".  IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT THE SURFACE WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY WAS 190 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS.  MR. MOORE MADE A NORMAL DOWNWIND ENTERY TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT CORTEZ.  MR. MOORE FURTHER STATED THA    T HE FLARED HIGH WHICH RESULTED IN A HARDER THAN USUAL LANDING AND THAT HIS AIRPLANE THEN BOUNDED INTO THE AIR AGAIN AND "TWISTED". ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN FOR THE SECOND TIME THE NOSE WAS POINTER IN A DIRECTION THAT WOULD MOVE IT OFF TO THE SIDE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY.  IT THEN MOVED TO SOME SOFT GROUND NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.  AT THIS POINT, ONCE IT LOST MORE AIRSPEED THE LANDING GEAR BEGAN DIGGING INTO THE GROUND WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO COME TO REST ON ITS NOSE AND PROPELLER.  IT SUBSEQUENTLY FEEL BACK DOWN ONTO ITS TAIL WHEEL.  WHEN IT FELL BACK DOWN ON TIS TAIL WHEEL THE FORCE IT HIT THE GROUND WITH CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO ITS EMPENNAGE.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR HIS PASSENGER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN99LA143](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA143), Aug 11, 1999: Moore Q-200 (N321TM), Cortez, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing and his failure to maintain directional control. Related factors were the soft wet terrain.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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