# NTSB DEN83LA057: Cessna 182Q, N94618, Burlington, CO, February 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 11, 1983, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Burlington, CO
- Coordinates: 39.300086, -102.269744 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3001&lon=-102.2697&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16037
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16037/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, go-around (vfr)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - lowering of flaps - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - above, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PILOT HAD LANDED DOWNWIND WITH AN APPROACH SPEED OF 80 KTS AND 25 DEGREES FLAPS. THE PILOT SAID HE USED RWY 13 INSTEAD OF 31 BECAUSE OF A NOTAM PROHIBITING LANDING ON RWY 31. THERE WAS NO NOTAM TO THAT EFFECT NOR WAS THERE A NOTAM PROHIBITING TAKEOFFS ON RWY 13. DURING LANDING ROLL THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS TOO FAR DOWN THE RWY AND GOING TOO FAST. HE STARTED A GO-AROUND. A WITNESS SAW THE ACFT 1000 FT FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY & MOVING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. HE SAID THE ACFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 300-400 FROM THE END OF RWY 13. THE ACFT'S NOSE GEAR WAS OFF THE GROUND BUT THE MAIN GEAR WAS NOT. 'THE PILOT THEN PUSHED THE THROTTLE IN AS IF TO MAKE A GO-AROUND'. HE ALSO STATED THE ACFT WENT THROUGH A FENCE, HIT A RAILROAD TRACK AND FLIPPED IT OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N94618 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266462
- Airframe hours: 1043
- Engines: LYCOMING O-470-U 230 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Associates Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner: Robert J. Doubek
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 13, 1983, 18 hours before
- Departed: APA, ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Airport: 3V1, Burlington Muni., runway 13, 3,600 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 407 total, 20 in this make and model, 300 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GLD, 35 nm away

## 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 19830211003759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830211003759A), Feb 11, 1983: Cessna 182Q, Burlington, CO, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted go around too late and aircraft ran off runway flipping inverted. Downwind was a factor.

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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