- Date
- April 23, 1984, 17:15 local (Apr 24, 1984, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714EDCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840424016289A
- Case key
- 16368
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Undershoot
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During final approach the acft encountered a downdraft & impacted the ground about 50 ft short of the rwy. The possibility of downdrafts at the approach end of rwy 26 was well known to local plts including the instructor plt (CFI).the CFI reported the wind was from 250 deg at 15 gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714ED
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079112
- Airframe hours
- 3,330
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Four Winds Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 19, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- IV5 · Boulder Muni, runway 26, 4,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,072 total · 26 in this make and model · 830 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.