# NTSB DEN92LA071: Cessna 170, N3419C, Franktown, CO, July 4, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 4, 1992, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: Franktown, CO
- Coordinates: 39.380962, -104.7499 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3810&lon=-104.7499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18225
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN92LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18225/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA071

## Probable cause

THE PILOT MISJUDGED INITIATION OF THE GO-AROUND FOLLOWING A BALKED LANDING.  A FACTOR WAS:  HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing - aborted
  - object - tree(s)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING APPROACH TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP THE PILOT WAS HIGH AND LANDED NEAR MIDFIELD ON A 1,700 FOOT GRASS STRIP.  HE BECAME CONCERNED THAT HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP ON THE RUNWAY REMAINING AND INITIATED A GO-AROUND. DURING THE GO-AROUND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREES OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. AIRPORT ELEVATION IS 6,700 FEET AND THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,800 FEET.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3419C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 26462
- Airframe hours: 619
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-145 2 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Shultz, Robert
- Registered owner: Robert V. Shultz
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 17, 1992, 19 hours before
- Airport: Shultz (Private), runway 3, 1,700 × 40 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 154 total, 15 in this make and model, 154 as pilot in command, 31 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920704023839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920704023839A), Jul 4, 1992: Cessna 170B, Franktown, CO, Substantial damage. Too high on approach for short strip. Began belated go around and struck trees off end runway. High density altitude

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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