- Date
- January 10, 1988, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3406SCessna 182G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880110000919A
- Case key
- 17433
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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
N3406S was landing on rwy 32, an asphalt rwy 5,000 ft long and 40 ft wide. The rwy was clear and dry, but the terrain surrounding the rwy was covered by 12 to 15 inches of snow. The wind at an arpt 5 mi sw was from 160 deg at 5 KTS. In his rpt of the acdt the plt said he failed to properly judge his alt over the flat, unbroken snow field and touched down 100 ft short of the rwy. Upon touchdown the nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3406S
- Reported as
- Cessna 182G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18255806
- Airframe hours
- 1,380
- Engine
- Continental O-470R, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hutchins, Hervey S., IV
- Registered owner
- Hervey S Hutchins IV
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 29, 1987 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Airport
- O1V · Aurora, runway 32, 5,000 × 40 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 305 total · 85 in this make and model · 264 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 70 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BKF, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.