- Date
- April 10, 1973
- Place
- Aurora, CO · AURORA, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2588SCessna 337
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730410008789A
- Case key
- 170625
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0877 73/4/10 AURORA,COLO CESSNA 337 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 170 TIME - 0915 N2588S PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 48 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYRANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,COLO PUEBLO,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AT 60MPH THE NSEWHEEL BEGAN TO BOUNCE,ACFT VEERED L,NSE GR AND R MN GR HIT DITCH AND COLLAPSED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2588S
- Reported as
- Cessna 337
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skyranch
N2588SRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 2017 · Cessna T337CAirframe modelCessna T337CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.