# Incident 20210826015059I: Aero Commander 100-180, Colorado City, AZ, August 26, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2021, 11:22 local time
- Place: Colorado City, AZ
- Airport: Colorado City
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9599° N, 113.0139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLORADO CITY MUNI (AZC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9599&lon=-113.0139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4030X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4030X-2022-12-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 100-180 (registry code 0140208, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-100-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 100-180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210826015059I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/26/2021, AT 18:22Z, 11:22 AM LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS LANDING AN AERO COMMANDER 100-180 (N4030X) BORROWED FROM A COUSIN AT COLORADO CITY, AZ, AIRPORT (KAZC). HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE UPON TOUCHDOWN DUE TO GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT THE CONCRETE BARRIERS AROUND THE WINDSOCK COMING TO A STOP AND SUSTAINING MINOR DAMAGE (LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKE). THERE WAS NO INJURY. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF AIRPLANE MALFUNCTION.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A NEW PRIVATE PILOT (CHECK RIDE DATE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TOTAL HOURS 86) AND HAD NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE FLYING THAT SPECIFIC MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRPLANE. ADDITIONALLY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING IN THE RIGHT SEAT, WHICH HE ALSO HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE.

THE REASON FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BEING IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS THAT HIS BROTHER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS OCCUPYING THE LEFT SEAT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS EVEN A NEWER PRIVATE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TOTAL HOURS 79) BUT HAD MORE RECENT EXPERIENCE AND WAS GIVEN A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT IN THAT MAKE AND MODEL (AS PROVEN BY HIS ABILITY TO LAND AND TAKE OFF THE AIRPLANE SAFELY PRIOR TO LELAND) AND WAS THE AGREED PIC.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRIED TO SAVE THE AIRPLANE BUT DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY NOR THE TRAINING TO DO SO. THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE (ESTIMATED AROUND 8,000?) DEGRADED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTRIBUTED IN MAKING THE RECOVERY DIFFICULT.

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE CROSSWIND GUSTING CONDITION, THE FLYING PILOT?S OVERALL INEXPERIENCE, HIS LACK OF RECENT EXPERIENCE, HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN FLYING THAT MAKE AND MODEL AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN FLYING FROM THE RIGHT SEAT. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE THE NON-FLYING PILOT INABILITY OF RECOVER THE AIRPLANE AND THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

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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