- Date
- July 4, 2007, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N108EMFlight Design Ctsw
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Denver, Colorado
- FAA report
- 20070704014469A
- Case key
- 66247
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare and failure to maintain control and subsequent hard landing. Contributing factors in this accident were the gusty winds, hot temperature, and high density altitude.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot said he made a normal approach to runway 33 but flared too high, causing the airplane to drop hard on the runway. He said there were gusty winds and the temperature was "hot." He also noted that he was "not familiar [with] high altitude [operations]."
Factual narrative
The pilot said he made a normal approach to runway 33 but he flared too high, causing the airplane to drop hard on the runway. He said there were gusty winds and the temperature was "hot." He also noted that he was "not familiar [with] high altitude [operations]." There was damage to the landing gear and supporting structure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N108EM
- Reported as
- Flight Design Ctsw
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 06-08-07
- Engine
- Rotax 945, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Theodore F. McKee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Departed
- LMR · Lamar, CO
- Destination
- 00V · Falcon, CO
- Airport
- 00V · Meadow Lake, runway 33, 6,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 79
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 33 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.