- Date
- May 23, 1989, 23:45 local (May 24, 1989, 05:45 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N999HPCessna 182RG
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890523059159A
- Case key
- 17717
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to follow warnings provided by a NOTAM & flags on the taxiway. Factors related to the accident were: darkness and the ditch.
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 an 'uneventful' landing on rwy 17L. He said that he left rwy 17L via taxiway A-4, and taxied through a break in a row of flags (between rwy 17L and the delta parking ramp). After traveling about 50 ft along the taxiway, the right main landing gear entered an open trench. The acft stopped, but with some difficulty in steering, the plt was able to taxi to the parking area. He said he saw no damage during a post flight inspection, but was notified of the damage 10 days later. At the time of the accident, a NOTAM was in effect, and the ATIS contained a recorded warning about the taxiway construction. Only normal taxiway lighting was in use, but high visibility cones and flags marked the construction area. This plt was not scheduled or specifically authorized to fly the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999HP
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182-01576
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Of Denver
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 1W1 · Watkins, CO
- Destination
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17L, 10,001 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Expired
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 2 in this make and model · 243 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N999HP · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.