What happened
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(-23) privacy data omitted on 12-15-04 @1030 local time, a warbelows airventures flight number 515, approached the U.S. Airforce Indian Mountain airfield, runway 24, for landing. The airstrip is 4,100 feet long and 120 feet wide and slopes 7.1% uphill on runway 24. Pilot and witness statements stated the aircraft started near the bottom of the airstrip on a normal approach but didn't quite settle onto the runway until the last 1/3 of the strip. The pilot stated it was too late to start a go-around due to rising terrain and elected to land. The aircraft slid into a snow berm off the end of the runway and across a ramp where it came to rest. The nose strut was damaged along with the left flap and one propeller blade on the right engine.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ON 12-15-04 @1030 LOCAL TIME, A WARBELOWS AIRVENTURES FLIGHT NUMBER 515, APPROACHED THE U.S. AIRFORCE INDIAN MOUNTAIN AIRFIELD, RUNWAY 24, FOR LANDING. THE AIRSTRIP IS 4,100 FEET LONG AND 120 FEET WIDE AND SLOPES 7.1% UPHILL ON RUNWAY 24. PILOT AND WITNESS STATEMENTS STATED THE AIRCRAFT STARTED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE AIRSTRIP ON A NORMAL APPROACH BUT DIDN'T QUITE SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE LAST 1/3 OF THE STRIP. THE PILOT STATED IT WAS TOO LATE TO START A GO-AROUND DUE TO RISING TERRAIN AND ELECTED TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID INTO A SNOW BERM OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND ACROSS A RAMP WHERE IT CAME TO REST. THE NOSE STRUT WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE LEFT FLAP AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE ON THE RIGHT ENGINE.
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