- Date
- March 5, 2023, 18:09 local (Mar 6, 2023, 01:09 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N118CXHonda HA-420
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20230305002549A
- Case key
- 106886
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control during landing with a gusting left crosswind resulting in the runway excursion.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The airplane was coming into the airport to land following a cross-country flight. The pilot reported they checked the weather, entered the current conditions in the Garmin Control Unit, and received the results they expected for the RNAV approach to runway 33. The airport manager came on the radios and reported the winds as 280o at 8 knots, gusting to 19 knots. The crew captured the glidepath before the final approach fix and the co-pilot called out speeds to touchdown, the last being 115 kts. The touchdown was normal, but then the airplane experienced a strong yaw to the left from a wind gust. The pilot attempted to steer the airplane back, but the airplane went off the left side of the runway, struck a taxiway sign, and came to a stop with the nose of the airplane facing the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left inboard wing and lower left fuselage. The crew reported no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident, the airplane was landing on runway 33 with reported winds 280o at 8 knots with gusts to 24 knots. Following the accident, the company put in place stricter crosswind component limits for its’ fleet of airplanes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118CX
- Reported as
- Honda HA-420
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 42000231
- Built
- 2022
- Airframe hours
- 486
- Engines
- General Electric HF-120, 1,997 lbs thrust, turbo jetGeneral Electric HF-120, 1,997 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- G C Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Nesama LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 23, 2023
- Departed
- MRY · Monterey, CA
- Destination
- AEJ · Buena Vista, CO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- KAEJ · Central Colorado Regional Airport, runway 33, 8,303 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device, Stall warning system, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Co-pilot
- Age
- 53
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 17, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 6,650 total · 67 in this make and model · 3,157 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 23, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,844.9 total · 181.6 in this make and model · 4,501 as pilot in command · 111.1 in the last 90 days · 47.7 in the last 30 days · 3.8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 280° at 8 knots, gusting 24
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.83 inHg
- Observed at
- KAEJ, 7 nm away
- METAR
- KAEJ 060055Z AUTO 28008G24KT 10SM CLR 03/M16 A2983 RMK AO2 T00301162
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 31, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.