- Date
- May 6, 1995, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1505DCessna 190
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19950506009709A
- Case key
- 19409
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Probable cause
Failure by the pilot-in command-to compensate for crosswind conditions.
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
During landing roll, with a 90 degree crosswind of 18 knots and gusts to 25 knots, the aircraft departed the side of the runway. The pilot was able to parallel the runway but as he applied brakes to avoid hitting an obstruction, the aircraft nosed over. The wind was within the demonstrated crosswind envelope for this aircraft.
Factual narrative
On May 6, 1995, at 1030 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 190, N1505D, sustained substantial damage during landing roll at Vance Brand Municipal Airport, Longmont, Colorado. The pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this personal flight and no flight plan was filed.
The wind was reported by the pilot to be a left 90 degree cross wind at 18 knots with gusts to 25 knots. Wind at the nearest reporting facility, 15 miles to the south, was from 190 degrees at 15 knots with gusts to 22 knots. There is no published crosswind limit for this aircraft. The aircraft was within the demonstrated crosswind capability.
According to the pilot, due to the crosswind, he went off the left side of runway 29 during landing roll. He stated that he was able to keep the aircraft rolling parallel to the runway. As he approached the VASI lights at the approach end of runway 10 he applied the brakes firmly to stop before colliding with the lights. Upon brake application, the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1505D
- Reported as
- Cessna 190
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7727
- Engine
- Jacobs 775 B 2, 275 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Douglas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3V4 · Fort Morgan, CO
- Destination
- 2V2
- Airport
- 2V2 · Vance Brand, runway 29, 4,000 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 350 in this make and model · 1,550 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.