- Date
- May 20, 1990, 17:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 3 minor; on the ground: 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87212Erco 415G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900520016959A
- Case key
- 17931
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Probable cause
Pilot's failure to maintain obstacle clearance during a landing.
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 private pilot flew low over an adjacent road during final approach for a landing. The plane struck the right front roof of an automobile operating on the road. The plane's left landing gear shattered the windshield. The pilot reported a loss of control after the collision, and the plane entered an uncontrolled descent. The plane landed hard on turf, to the left of the runway. The nose gear collapsed, the left wing contacted the ground and broke the main spar. The plane came to reset nose down, 20 yards left and 200 feet down the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87212
- Reported as
- Erco 415G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 385
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Warren C. Moore
- Departed
- 00V
- Destination
- 00V
- Airport
- 00V · Meadowlake, runway 15, 4,000 × 35 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Military, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,760 total · 30 in this make and model · 4,499 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 75 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.