# Accident 20040225002889A: Frchld SA227DC, Rifle, CO, February 25, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2004, 08:05 local time
- Place: Rifle, CO
- Airport: Garfield County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: KY7A
- Location: 39.5263° N, 107.7270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5263&lon=-107.7270&mi=10
- Aircraft: N882DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N882DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild SA227-DC (registry code 3377521, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-sa227-dc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD SA227DC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,718 total, 3,999 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040225002889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED APPROXIMATELY IN LAST 1/2 TO 1/3 OF RUNWAY LENGTH FOR RUNWAY 26 AT RIFLE, COLORADO, DUE TO SPEED OF AIRCRAFT IT HYDROPLANED ON WET RUNWAY EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS NO STANDING WATER. AS AIRCRAFT SLOWED IT STARTED A SHALLOW LEFT TURN AND EXITING RUNWAY AT A 40 DEGREE ANGLE TO CENTERLINE. THE RIGHT OUTBOARD MAIN TIRE WAS BROKEN OFF OF RIM BY HARDENED DIRT OF OVER RUN AREA CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO TILT ONTO RIGHT WING AND SLIDE APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR, NOSE GEAR, AND RIGHT WING TIP. 4 FEET OF WING WAS BENT, RIGHT ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE DESTROYED, AND 2 WINDOWS ON RIGHT SIDE OF CABIN WERE CRACKED FROM DEBRIS.

## 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

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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