Cessna 182G N3406S

Summary

On 10 January 1988 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna 182G registered N3406S, operated by Hutchins, Hervey S., IV, was involved in an accident near Aurora, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 January 1988 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Aurora (O1V)

Coordinates

39.7394, -104.7791

Aircraft

Cessna 182G

Registration

N3406S

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Hutchins, Hervey S., IV

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Erie → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN88LA047

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

N3406S WAS LANDING ON RWY 32, AN ASPHALT RWY 5,000 FT LONG AND 40 FT WIDE. THE RWY WAS CLEAR AND DRY, BUT THE TERRAIN SURROUNDING THE RWY WAS COVERED BY 12 TO 15 INCHES OF SNOW. THE WIND AT AN ARPT 5 MI SW WAS FROM 160 DEG AT 5 KTS. IN HIS RPT OF THE ACDT THE PLT SAID HE FAILED TO PROPERLY JUDGE HIS ALT OVER THE FLAT, UNBROKEN SNOW FIELD AND TOUCHED DOWN 100 FT SHORT OF THE RWY. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.