- Date
- September 3, 1983, 18:10 local (Sep 4, 1983, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4581WRockwell 112TC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830903067219A
- Case key
- 16154
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft ran off the departure end of the rwy and collided with trees during landing. The density alt at the arpt was 8800 ft at the time of the accident. The landing rwy was 19 and the wind was 270 degrees at 3 KTS. The acft landed ABOUT2500 ft down the 5000 ft rwy. An FAA inspector noted skid marks from both tires starting 650 ft from the rwys end. The plt had only 3.4 hours in this acft of which 1 hour was a checkout ride and 2.4 hours for the cross-country.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4581W
- Reported as
- Rockwell 112TC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13071
- Airframe hours
- 814
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1A6D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Associates Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Keith Howey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 26, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 5C00 · Animas, runway 19, 5,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
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 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,163 total · 3 in this make and model · 1,783 as pilot in command · 45 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 75 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DRO, 9 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.
Other investigations on N4581W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.