- Date
- July 12, 1991, 13:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N711VLBeech 95-B55
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910712029599A
- Case key
- 18111
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Probable cause
A blown tire and both pilots' failure to maintain directional control.
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 and the instructor pilot had been practicing various types of takeoffs and landings. Upon touchdown, the airplane veered to the right and departed the runway. The right wing dropped and the propeller struck the ground. The airplane then collided with a taxiway sign and the right main landing gear collapsed. Postaccident examination disclosed the right main tire had blown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711VL
- Reported as
- Beech 95-B55
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TC-1585
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Air Carrier Intl Flight Academ
- Airport
- FTG · Front Range, runway 8, 8,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 8,000 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 7,800 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 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.