# NTSB DEN82FTE25: Davenport BD-2, N5131, Conifer, CO, September 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 4, 1982, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Conifer, CO
- Location: 39.5211° N, 105.3053° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conifer, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5211&lon=-105.3053&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70325
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FTE25
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70325/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTE25

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - roll
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING AT A RANCH STRIP THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. ON THE SECOND BOUNCE THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR CROSSED A DITCH LOCATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, HIT A MOUND OF DIRT AND SEPARATED THE WHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER COMING TO REST INVERTED. TOTAL LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY WAS 1400 FEET.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5131](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5131), registered now, S/N GC-1-66, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DAVENPORT BD-2
- Registry model: [Davenport BD-2](https://openairdocs.org/model/davenport-bd-2) (registry code 05601GX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: GC-1-66
- Airframe hours: 751
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Herrill Davenport
- Registered owner: Herrill Davenport
- Departed: CONIFER, CO
- Destination: CONIFER, CO
- Airport: Flying J, runway 36, 1,400 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 405 total, 122 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19820904045059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820904045059A), Sep 4, 1982: Amtrdn BD2, Conifer, CO, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, drifted off side of runway, landed in a ditch and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N5131 (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 DEN76FTE42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FTE42), Feb 14, 1976: Davenport BD-2 (N5131), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage

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.

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