# NTSB DEN87LA248: Cessna 182F, N3155U, Colorado City, CO, October 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1987, 20:30 local (Oct 1, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: Colorado City, CO
- Coordinates: 38.040939, -104.710586 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0409&lon=-104.7106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 7, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA248
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17319/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA248

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3155U-1988-06-01), registration cancelled 1988-06-01, S/N 18254555 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182F
- Registry model: [Cessna 182F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182f) (registry code 2072714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18254555
- Airframe hours: 2644
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870930058469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870930058469A), Sep 30, 1987: Cessna 182F, Colorado City, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long and fast. Unable to stop. Overran the runway into a dirt bank and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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