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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 182C · Boulder, CO · August 9, 2011

Date
August 9, 2011 · 16:49 local
Place
Boulder, CO
Airport
Boulder Municipal.Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8718T
Reported as
Cessna 182C
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft lost power on final approach to RWY26 bdu airport landed short of rwy in field rolled uphill between 2 large cottonwood trees ,impacted LH cottonwood with LH wing ,plane was turned eastward on contact with tree and came to a halt with major damage to left wing and all fuselage. Propellor unbent and horizontal-no rotation marks seen on prop?

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH TO RWY26 BDU AIRPORT LANDED SHORT OF RWY IN FIELD ROLLED UPHILL BETWEEN 2 LARGE COTTONWOOD TREES ,IMPACTED LH COTTONWOOD WITH LH WING ,PLANE WAS TURNED EASTWARD ON CONTACT WITH TREE AND CAME TO A HALT WITH MAJOR DAMAGE TO LEFT WING AND ALL FUSELAGE. PROPELLOR UNBENT AND HORIZONTAL-NO ROTATION MARKS SEEN ON PROP?