- Date
- June 30, 1982, 09:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Las Animas, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2745BCessna 340
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820630025999A
- Case key
- 71372
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a four foot high irrigation ditch 50 feet from the approach end of runway 8 during short final. The pilot stated that he had planned the touch down point close to the end of the runway because the runway was only 3800 feet long. Investigation revealed that the ditch was not mentioned in the FAA airport/facility directory, the fss NOTAM system, the Colorado airport directory, or the 1982 aopa airport directory.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2745B
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0947
- Airframe hours
- 711
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Colorado Corporate Charters
- Registered owner
- Kent M. Meager
- Departed
- APA · Arapahoe, CO
- Destination
- New London, NH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 7V9 · Las Animas City & County, runway 8, 3,800 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,465 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,705 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.