- Date
- August 3, 1991, 13:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Byers, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2751TBeech V35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910803034479A
- Case key
- 18121
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing site. Factors were: weather conditions 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 pilot elected to land at a private airstrip due to thunderstorm activity in the denver area. The 2500 foot dirt and sand runway had recently been coated with oil. Rain made the surface slick. The pilot said he touched down and 'had trouble with braking because of water on runway.' Near the end of the runway, the left main landing gear struck a drainage ditch and collapsed. The airplane skidded 100 feet and came to rest on the left edge of the runway. The pilot received two inflight weather briefs indicating thunderstorm activity at the intended destination until mid afternoon. Denver weather was 600 overcast with 6 miles visibility in light rain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2751T
- Reported as
- Beech V35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-8467
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lonnie D. Ayers
- Registered owner
- Lonnie D. Ayers
- Departed
- PEZ · Pleasanton, TX
- Destination
- FTG · Watkins, CO
- Airport
- C017 · Sky Haven, runway 36, 2,500 × 40 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 307 total · 80 in this make and model · 216 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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