# Accident 20050914021149A: Cessna A185F, Boulder, CO, September 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2005, 15:45 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0394° N, 105.2258° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0394&lon=-105.2258&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4807 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 218 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050914021149A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2005, AT 1545 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA A185F, N4807, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING ROLL OUT AT THE BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (1V5), BOULDER, COLORADO. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91 AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (EET), ALABASTER, ALABAMA WITH A FUEL STOP AT SPRINGFIELD/BRANSON REGIONAL AIRPORT (SGF) SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF AIRSPEED DURING A CROSSWIND LANDING AND...AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE SHOWED THE OUTBOARD THIRD OF LEFT WING DAMAGED INCLUDING THE SPAR AND AILERON AS WELL AS THE LEFT ELEVATOR.

## 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 DEN05LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA140), Sep 14, 2005: Cessna A185F (N4807), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing and his subsequent failure to recover from the bounced landing. Contributing factors were the pilot's improper in-flight decision to land…

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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