- Date
- November 2, 2007, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4635FCessna TP206A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Denver, Colorado
- FAA report
- 20071102824629A
- Case key
- 67047
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of altitude. Contributing factors in this accident were the pilot's intentional low airspeed, his failure to execute a go-around, and the soft terrain.
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 was returning to the airport after releasing some skydivers. He was following a training airplane in the traffic pattern and was gaining on it, so he decided to extend his downwind leg. On final approach to runway 08, his airplane was still gaining on the other airplane. The pilot reduced power and raised the nose to reduce airspeed to 85 mph. The airplane was "low and slow" as he passed over a lake, so he added power but not soon enough. The airplane touched down on the sandy shore of the lake short of the runway. The nose gear was torn off and the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he was returning to 1V5 after releasing some skydivers. He was following a training airplane in the traffic pattern and was gaining on it, so he decided to extend his downwind leg. On final approach to runway 08, his airplane was still gaining on the other airplane. The pilot reduced power and raised the nose to reduce airspeed to 85 mph. The airplane was "low and slow" as he passed over a lake, so he added power but not soon enough. The airplane touched down on the sandy shore of the lake short of the runway. The nose gear was torn off and the airplane nosed over. Both wings and wing struts were bent, the aft portion of the fuselage was buckled, and the vertical stabilizer were crushed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4635F
- Reported as
- Cessna TP206A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P206-235
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Front Range Skydivers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Destination
- 1V5
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
- 24
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Commercial, Student
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2
- Flight hours
- 938 total · 623 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.32 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.