- Date
- September 30, 1987, 20:30 local (Oct 1, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado City, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3155UCessna 182F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870930058469A
- Case key
- 17319
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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 plt made several circling approaches before landing. When he did land his acft, he said that he landed fast and long. He applied the brakes but went off the end of the rwy, hit an embankment, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3155U
- Reported as
- Cessna 182F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18254555
- Airframe hours
- 2,644
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gerard A. Sormani
- Registered owner
- Gerard A Sormani
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1986 · 139 hours before
- Departed
- 00V · Falcon, CO
- Airport
- CO22 · Gail K Naumann Greenhorn, runway 26, 3,900 × 36 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 472 total · 140 in this make and model · 469 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.