# Accident 20030424004209A: Cessna 340A, Boulder City, NV, April 24, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2003, 07:15 local time
- Place: Boulder City, NV
- Airport: Boulder City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9473° N, 114.8611° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOULDER CITY MUNI (BVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9473&lon=-114.8611&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100UW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100UW-2024-01-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Pilot flight hours: 12,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030424004209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING TAXI FROM HANGER TO FUEL PUMPS AIRCRAFT WAS ON TAXIWAY WHEN A TELEPHONE MAN HOLE COVER BROKE AS AIRCRAFT WEIGHT WAS ON IT. MAN HOLE COVER WAS REPORTED CRACKED TO THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY THE DAY BEFORE BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED. LEFT MAIN WHEEL BROKE THROUGH MAN HOLE COVER AND THE WHEEL DROPPED 12-14 INCHES. AIRCRAFT MADE SHARP TURN TO THE LEFT (ROTATING AROUND LEFT GEAR) WHICH THEN OVER STRESSED THE NOSE WHEEL. NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN PITCHED FORWARD ONTO THE NOSE CONE AND BOTH ENGINE PROPS HIT THE TAXIWAY. SOME MINOR DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND BRAKE WHEN AIRCRAFT SUNK INTO THE MAN HOLE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N100UW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20221122018169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221122018169I), Nov 22, 2022: Cessna 340A (N100UW), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted]Landed on runway 27 at 1557 local 11/22/2022. Pilot taxied off runway 27 and turned left on to runway 16/34. After turn notified tower of…
- [Incident 19900722055499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900722055499I), Jul 22, 1990: Cessna 340A (N100UW), Carlsbad, CA. Smoke in cockpit. Priority handling for return. Two capped wires were loose and sparking.

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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