# Accident 20201213017669A: Eclipse ECLPS-EA500, Leadville, CO, December 13, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2020, 20:25 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2242° N, 106.3152° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2242&lon=-106.3152&mi=10
- Aircraft: N686TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N686TM-2022-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eclipse EA500 (registry code 3350000, https://openairdocs.org/model/eclipse-ea500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW610F-A (registry code 52267, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw610f-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE ECLPS-EA500
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW610F-A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 45 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201213017669A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 13, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 2025 MST, N6518M, AN ECLIPSE MODEL EA500 AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING A LANDING AT THE LAKE COUNTY AIRPORT (KLXV) IN LEADVILLE COLORADO. THERE WAS ONE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC (METAR KLXV 140253Z AUTO VRBO4KT 10SM CLR M12/M22 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP270 T11221217 56003). THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER PART 91 AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN RUNWAY 16 AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT WHERE IT CAME TO REST AFTER THE RIGHT WING STRUCK A TREE.

## 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 CEN21LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA086), Dec 14, 2020: Eclipse EA 500 (N686TM), Leadville, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain proper control of the airplane, which led to an unstabilized approach and a long landing on a runway contaminated with ice and patchy packed snow resulting in a runway…

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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