# Accident 20230330003679A: Beech 35, Telluride, CO, March 30, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2023, 11:45 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9538° N, 107.9087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TELLURIDE RGNL (TEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9538&lon=-107.9087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3233V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3233V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 35 (registry code 1151502, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-35) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 35
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,056 total, 137 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230330003679A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED KCOS AROUND 9AM TO KTEX AROUND 11:30. PILOT USED  WINGX APP TO OBTAIN WEATHER BRIEFING BEFORE TAKE OFF AND DURING FLIGHT. WHILE IN FLIGHT THE METAR AND TAF FOR KTEX

WAS SHOWING WINDS FROM SOUTH TO THE SOUTHWEST, FAVORING RUNWAY 27. APPROACHED KTEX, KTEX AWOS IT WAS REPORTING WINDS FAVORING RUNWAY 27. PILOT ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 27. ON DOWNWIND HE NOTICED A CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH.

AS AIRCRAFT TURNED FINAL FROM BASE, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG GUSTING WIND FROM THE SOUTH, APPROACH ON FINAL WAS ADJUSTED, AIRCRAFT WAS STABALIZED, CONTINUED THE APPROACH TO A FULL STOP LANDING.THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL AND PILOT STARTED THE ROLLOUT MAINTANING CROSSWIND CONTROL. DURING ROLL OUT, A STRONG GUST CROSSWIND FROM THE SOUTH STARTED PUSHING US OFF TO THE NORTHSIDE OF THE RUNWAY. I STARTED APPLING HEAVY BREAKING. AS THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH A SNOWBANK. CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO DIG IN STOPPING THE AIRCRAFT. BUT MOMENTUM CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO RIOLL OVER ONTO THE CANOPY AND TAIL... OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRPLANE WITH NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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