- Date
- December 30, 1983, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Florissant, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3389DCessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831230064989A
- Case key
- 16312
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with a snowbank during landing. The rwy had only been plowed to a width of about 16 ft according to the plt. This was a privately owned strip and the plt/owner said he instructed his maintenance man/ranch mgr to plow therwy to minimum width. The plt said that during the landing roll the right landing gear hit the snow alongside the stripcausing a nose over. The plt had just departed this strip and returned to get some car keys when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3389D
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32187
- Airframe hours
- 3,284
- Engine
- Continental O-470-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Grace Mayfield
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 1, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- 3V5 · Ft Collins, CO
- Airport
- runway 18, 2,200 × 15 ft, dirt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 138 in this make and model · 102 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N3389D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.