# Accident 20051022026349A: Lancar LC40550FG, Steamboat Spgs, CO, October 22, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2005, 19:27 local time
- Place: Steamboat Spgs, CO
- Airport: Bob Adams Field Routt County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3506° N, 106.6842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3506&lon=-106.6842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101HK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101HK-2016-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lancair LC-40-550FG (registry code 5150000, https://openairdocs.org/model/lancair-lc-40-550fg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAR LC40550FG
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA010) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051022026349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/22/05 AT 19:27 MDT, A LANCAIR LC-40-550FG, N101HK, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^ WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN 10 MILES EAST OF STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO. NIGHT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT FROM BURLINGTON, IOWA TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO WAS OPERATED UNDER FAR 91 WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN UNTIL 19:20 MDT, AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT CANCELLED THE IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH DENVER ARTCC. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. HUNTERS CAMPING IN THE AREA OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT FLY OVER AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL AND REPORTED THE ENGINE SOUNDED TO THEM AS IF IT WERE RUNNING ROUGHLY OR FAILING. THEY HEARD THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT TERRAIN JUST AFTER LOSING SIGHT OF IT BELOW TREE LEVEL AND REPORTED THE CRASH TO AUTHORITIES. THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED BY ROUTT COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE THE NEXT MORNING ON WALTON PEAK AT THE 10,500 FOOT LEVEL. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED BURLINGTON (BRL) WITH APPROXIMATELY 98 GALLONS OF USABLE FUEL TO CONDUCT AN ESTIMATED 850NM FLIGHT TO STEAMBOAT SPRINGS (SBS). FLIGHT PLANNED TAS WAS 175 KNOTS AT 14,000 FEET. AT 21:07Z THE PILOT REPORTED TO FSS FLIGHT WATCH THAT HE WAS EXPERIENCING A 50 KNOT HEADWIND. THE PILOT DESCENDED TO 12,000 FEET AND CALLED FSS AGAIN IN THE AREA OF GRAND ISLAND (GRI) FOR A WINDS ALOFT FORECAST, WHICH WERE REPORTED AS 330 DEGREES AT 36 KNOTS AT 12,000 FEET. ASSUMING AN AVERAGE GROUND SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 135 KNOTS AND FUEL CONSUMPTION OF 15 GPH, AN 850 NM FLIGHT WOULD HAVE USED APPROXIMATELY 95 GALLONS OF FUEL NOT COUNTING THE CLIMB TO CRUISE ALTITUDE. THIS CALCULATION WOULD HAVE BROUGHT THE AIRCRAFT CLOSE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 DEN06FA010](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA010), Oct 23, 2005: Lancair LC-40-550FG (N101HK), Steamboat Spgns, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from terrain. Contributing factors include the pilot's lack of recent experience, the pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making, the…

## Other reports on N101HK (1)

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

- [Incident 20000821029019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000821029019I), Aug 21, 2000: Lancar LC40550FG (N101HK), Colorado Spring, CO, Minor damage. (-23)The aircraft was returning to the field after a flight demonstation and requested permission to land. The tower called the winds at 160/11, storms in the…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.