# Incident 20230714009159I: Temco GC-1B, Watkins, CO, July 14, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2023, 09:38 local time
- Place: Watkins, CO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6984° N, 104.5772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Watkins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6984&lon=-104.5772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2422B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2422B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temco GC-1B (registry code 9230108, https://openairdocs.org/model/temco-gc-1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C145 series (registry code 17012, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c145-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEMCO GC-1B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,100 total, 190 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230714009159I

## Narrative

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

ON 07/14/2023 AT APPROXIMATELY (09:38) HRS (MDT), N2422B, SN 3722, GC-1B, COLORADO AIR AND SPACE PORT, WATKINS, CO (KCFO), DURING TAKEOFF-DEPATRURE ROLL ON RUNWAY 8 WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY. THE PROPELLOR TIP BENT ON ONE SIDE, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTION LINKAGE BROKEN; TIRE COVER PLATE DENTED; LEFT WING AILERON HING AND FLAP BRACKETS BENT, BROKEN PITOT TUBE AND LEFT WING TIP SCRAPED; BELLY OF AIRCRAFT SHOWED SIGNES OF SCRAPING (GROUND) AND ANTENNA BENT. ONE PERSON ON BOARD, NO INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLGICIAL CONDITIONS (VMC) EXISTED DURING THE TIME.

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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