- Date
- February 28, 1978
- Place
- Leadville, CO · LEADVILLE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N313DBeech B60
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780228002149A
- Case key
- 143725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0231 78/2/28 LEADVILLE,CO BEECH B60 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 5300 TIME - 1125 N313D PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1250 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEADVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO LEADVILLE,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW WINDROWS REMARKS- SNOW BANK APPROX 4 FT HIGH ABOUT 125 FT FROM THRESHOLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N313D
- Reported as
- Beech B60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leadville
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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.