# Accident 20170803015729A: Beech D17S, Colorado Spring, CO, August 3, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2017, 11:10 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Municipal Air
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8028° N, 104.7156° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8028&lon=-104.7156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44562, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44562) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech D17S (registry code 1150538, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d17s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D17S
- Reported engine: P&W R-985 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 19,485 total, 304 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170803015729A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 3, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1110 HOURS (MST), N44562, A BEECHCRAFT D17S STAGGERWING SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE DURING LANDING ROLLOUT AT COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCOS), CO. WEATHER AT TIME WAS VISUAL METROLOGICAL CONDITION (VMC).  THERE WERE TWO OCCUPANTS WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## 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 CEN17LA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA301), Aug 3, 2017: Beech D17S (N44562), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a quartering tailwind.

## Other reports on N44562 (1)

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

- [Accident 20111018026599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018026599A), Oct 18, 2011: Beech D17S (N44562), Phoenix, AZ, Substantial damage. On October 18, 2011, N44562, piloted by [privacy data omitted], landed with the landing gear retracted on runway 7R at the Phoenix skyharbor airport. The only…

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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