- Date
- June 3, 1989, 19:33 local (Jun 4, 1989, 02:33 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder City, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1068JAero Commander 112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890603027129A
- Case key
- 41022
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Probable cause
Poor judgement of the pilot by flying, while impaired from consumption of alcohol, and his delay in initiating a go-around when the aircraft drifted to the right of the runway. Related factors were: light conditions at dusk, unfavorable winds, and failure of the pilot to maintain runway alignment while landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt, when he was flaring to land on rwy 3 at dusk, a gust of wind blew the acft to the right. He said he applied power to go around, but was too low & slow to regain altitude. Subsequently, a wingtip contacted the ground, swinging the acft around, & it crash landed. The plt rprtd the prevailing wind was from the north at 8 KTS. Authorities, who arrived after the accident, rprtd the wind was from the southwest at 15 to 25 KTS. A police officer, who was the 1st to arrive, noted a strong odor of alcohol from the plt & that he was unable to walk normally (without staggering), although he was not injured. Other officials corroborated the police officer's observation. The plt refused to take a breathalyzer test.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1068J
- Reported as
- Aero Commander 112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 136
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ronald L. Olinger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- BLO · Boulder, runway 3, 2,965 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 700 in this make and model · 1,500 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.