# NTSB DEN07CA162: Cessna 182Q, N97996, Glenwood Spring, CO, September 20, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: September 20, 2007, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC) - Place: Glenwood Spring, CO - Coordinates: 39.505832, -107.309165 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5058&lon=-107.3092&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 29, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 66729 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN07CA162 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66729/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07CA162 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to go around when it became apparent that he could not land and stop the airplane on the remaining runway. Factors contributing to the accident were the tailwind and the gusts. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight encounter with weather, landing - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor) - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor) - Overrun, landing - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ground ## Analysis The private pilot was landing the airplane on runway 32 (3,305 feet by 50 feet, dry, asphalt). As the airplane crossed over the runway threshold, the pilot heard a warning for wind shear over the UNICOM. The pilot reported the "wind changed to a tailwind which caused us to float down the runway and [the pilot] had difficulty getting the airplane down." The airplane departed the end of the runway and impacted terrain. During the excursion, the nose landing gear separated from the airframe, and the airplane came to rest upright. Winds at the time of the accident were reported as variable and gusty. ## Factual narrative The pilot was landing the airplane on runway 32 (3,305 feet by 50 feet, dry, asphalt). As the airplane crossed over the runway threshold, the pilot heard a warning for wind shear over the UNICOM. The pilot reported the "wind changed to a tailwind which caused us to float down the runway and [the pilot] had difficulty getting the airplane down." The airplane departed the end of the runway and impacted terrain. During the excursion, the nose landing gear separated from the airframe, and the airplane came to rest upright. Winds at the time of the accident were reported as variable and gusty. An examination of the airplane revealed the firewall was bent. The pilot sustained minor injuries and the two passengers were not injured. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N97996](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97996-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N 18267274, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 182Q - Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 18267274 - Engines: Teledyne Continental O-470 reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Terry E. Harland - Registered owner: Larry Kempton - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: GUC, GUNNISON, CO - Destination: GWS, Glenwood Spring, CO - Airport: GWS, Glenwood Springs Muni, runway 32 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 99 total, 18 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070920825289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070920825289A), Sep 20, 2007: Cessna 182Q, Glenwood Sprin, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On 09/20/07 at 1230 MDT a Cessna 182Q, N97996, crashed while attempting to land at Glenwood Springs, CO (gws). The aircraft piloted by [privacy data… ## Other investigations on N97996 (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB IAD02LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD02LA055), Jun 1, 2002: Cessna 182Q (N97996), Rutland, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point. A factor was the crosswind From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.