# NTSB DEN88LA047: Cessna 182G, N3406S, Aurora, CO, January 10, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1988, 14:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Coordinates: 39.739433, -104.77909 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7394&lon=-104.7791&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 30, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17433/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA047

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3406S-2017-04-19), registration cancelled 2017-04-19, S/N 18255806, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182G
- Registry model: [Cessna 182G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182g) (registry code 2072716) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18255806
- Airframe hours: 1380
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880110000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880110000919A), Jan 10, 1988: Cessna 182G, Aurora, CO, Substantial damage. Failed to judge altitude. Landed short of runway into snow. Nose gear broke and aircraft nosed 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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