# Accident 20071102824629A: Cessna TP206A, Boulder, CO, November 2, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 2007, 13:45 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Boulder Municipal
- 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: N4635F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4635F-2017-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TP206A (registry code 2073310, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tp206a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TP206A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN08CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071102824629A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FRIDAY, 11/02/07, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:45 PM LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N4635F, A CESSNA 206, REGISTERED TO FRONT RANGE SKYDIVERS, INC. 222 WILLOW STREET COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80903, CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY 8 AT BOULDER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT HE WAS RETURNING FROM A SKYDIVING CLUB JUMP RUN AND ENTERED THE PATTERN FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 8. ON FINAL HE SAW THAT HE WAS CLOSING ON ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AHEAD OF HIM AND PULLED THE POWER OFF AND RAISED THE NOSE TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN HE ADDED POWER HE WAS TOO LOW AND SLOW TO MAKE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE SOFT LAKE SHORE 250 FT. SHORT OF RUNWAY 8 AND FLIPPED OVER WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL DUG IN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, PROPELLER, NOSE COWL, NOSE LANDING GEAR, AFT FUSELAGE AND VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE PILOT SUFFERED A BROKEN NOSE.

## 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 DEN08CA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA023), Nov 2, 2007: Cessna TP206A (N4635F), Boulder, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of altitude. Contributing factors in this accident were the pilot's intentional low airspeed, his failure to execute a go-around, and the soft terrain.

## Other reports on N4635F (1)

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

- [Incident 19790203005069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790203005069I), Feb 3, 1979: Cessna 206CESSNA (N4635F), Sedalia, CO, 1 fatal. Skydiver fatality, both chutes failed to open.

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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