- Date
- April 19, 1987, 18:48 local (Apr 20, 1987, 00:48 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N20DAShort Brothers SC7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870419035109A
- Case key
- 17209
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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.
Nose over
Weather condition - high windCause
Weather condition - gustsCause
Compensation for wind conditions - delayedCause
Analysis
The plt said that he made a normal crosswind landing on rwy 26L at stapleton international arpt, Denver, Colorado. After leaving the rwy and taxiing parallel to the rwy he observed the wind increasing in velocity. He stopped the acft but a strong gust of wind flipped the acft over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20DA
- Reported as
- Short Brothers SC7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- SH 1843
- Airframe hours
- 13,712
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-2-201A, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Capitol Aviation, Inc., doing business as Air Cargo Carriers
- Registered owner
- John Shelly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 18, 1987 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- MEK · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- DEN · Denver, runway 26L, 10,004 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 140 in this make and model · 135 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 28 knots, gusting 47
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.