# Accident 20030303002119A: Cessna 150M, Gateway, CO, March 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 3, 2003, 11:00 local time
- Place: Gateway, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6833° N, 108.9833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6833&lon=-108.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714NF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714NF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,652 total, 731 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030303002119A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MARCH 3, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 1100 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N714NF, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL AT DELORES POINT AIRFIELD, GATEWAY, COLORADO. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MACK, COLORADO, APPROXIMATELY 1030. THE PILOT STATED THE RUNWAY HAD "LIGHT-PATCHY SNOW COVER" BUT APPEARED "SAFE TO LAND." ON LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT'S "LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT A PATCH OF SNOW OR MUD" [UNDETERMINED] AND "GRABBED." THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE LEFT AND RIGHT AFT WING SPARS WERE DAMAGED AT THE WING ROOT. (-23) ON MARCH 3, 2003, APPROXIMATELY 1030 N714NF DEPARTED MACK MESA, CO ARPT, FOR DOLORES POINT STRIP AN UNIMPROVED DIRT STRIP, ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 N714NF WAS LANDING AT DOLORES POINT STRIP JUST OUTSIDE OF GATEWAY, CO. DURING ROLLOUT AIRCRAFT HIT A PATCH OF SNOW OR MUD WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, THE GEAR GRABBED AND THE AI                                  RCRAFT TIPPED UP AND NOSED OVER ON IT'S BACK. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT AFT WING SPARS AT THE WING ROOT.

## 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 DEN03LA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA044), Mar 3, 2003: Cessna 150M (N714NF), Gateway, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Contributing factors were the snow-covered runway.

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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