# Accident 20120404005379A: Cessna Aircraft Co LC41-550FG, Telluride, CO, April 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2012, 13:40 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9539° N, 107.9089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9539&lon=-107.9089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1178L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO LC41-550FG
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-C
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 159 total, 89 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA234) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120404005379A

## Narrative

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

N1178L, CESSNA CORVALIS LC41, CAME IN HIGH FOR LANDING AND BOUNCED CAUSING PROP DAMAGE, NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED, AND OTHER UNDERCARRIAGE DAMAGES. WITNESS REPORTED PILOT MADE AT LEAST ONE ATTEMPT TO LAND SUSPECTED IN A DOWNWIND DIRECTION WITH CROSSWIND, WENT AROUND AND TRIED AGAIN, CAME IN HIGH AND FAST, TOUCHDOWN AND BOUNCED, THEN VEERING OFF THE RWY.

## 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 CEN12LA234](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA234), Apr 4, 2012: Cessna LC41-550FG (N1178L), Telluride, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to land with a direct tailwind, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and his subsequent decision to attempt a go-around so late in the landing roll, which resulted in…

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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