- Date
- September 5, 1985, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Strasburg, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N200FCConover'S Steen Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850905043369A
- Case key
- 16567
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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.
Analysis
The acft was observed during landing by a witness who said that the acft bounced once before nosing over to an inverted position on the rt side of the rwy. Investigation revealed that the rt landing gear was wrapped tight with weeds that bordered the side. These weeds were 3 to 4 ft high. The plt stated that he thought he was in the middle of the rwy but due to restricted foward visibility during the flare he must have drifted to the rt enough to contact the weeds with the landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200FC
- Reported as
- Conover'S Steen Skybolt (STEEN SKYB)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 100
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Forrest Conover
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1985 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- 59CO · Commanche Livestock, runway 15, 2,400 × 80 ft, gravel
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
- 75
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 17,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 17,500 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 39 °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.