- Date
- July 1, 1989, 11:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Telluride, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7385YCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890701019099A
- Case key
- 17731
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the pilot and his failure to maintain runway alignment. Contributing factors were wind conditions, high density altitude, and trees.
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 rprtd that as he was landing, the airplane encountered a strong gust of wind which blew it to the left side of the rwy. Density altitude at the arpt was 11,600 ft. the plt attempted a go-around, but was unable to get the acft to clear over trees. The acft then crashed to the ground & came to rest inverted with its tail & left wing torn off. The fixed base operator at the arpt estimated the wind was from 240 deg at 7 KTS. The arpt directory recommended that landings be made on rwy 9 & takeoffs be made on rwy 27 for noise abatement reasons. Local pilots rprtd that sudden strong gusts are often encountered drg landings at this arpt. A plt, who landed just after the acdnt, also encountered unfavorable wind near the apch end of rwy 9.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7385Y
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200132
- Airframe hours
- 2,157
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stringer, Henry Jerry
- Registered owner
- Julian, Evan R
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 29, 1989 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
- Destination
- TEX
- Airport
- TEX · Telluride Regional, runway 9, 6,900 × 75 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 200 total · 5 in this make and model · 93 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.