Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Denver International Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Denver, Colorado 80249
Thursday, April 13, 1995 22:26 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE APPROACH BRIEFING, RADIOS, INSTRUMENTS, AND SPEED BUGS WERE SET UP FOR A PLANNED LANDING ON RUNWAY 17R. THE FIRST OFFICER, WHO WAS FLYING, INADVERTENTLY ALIGNED THE AIRPLANE WITH RUNWAY 17L AND THE FLIGHT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CLEARED TO LAND ON THAT RUNWAY. AT 500 FEET AGL, THE GLIDESLOPE AURAL WARNING SOUNDED. AT 100 FEET, THE GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM'S SINK RATE WARNING SOUNDED, AND THE FIRST OFFICER ADDED POWER. AT 50 FEET AND OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, AIRSPEED DETERIORATED. THE FIRST OFFICER APPLIED ADDITIONAL POWER AND THE CAPTAIN ADDED MAXIMUM THRUST AND FORWARD CONTROL YOKE PRESSURE. ACCORDING TO THE CREW, 'A HARD LANDING WAS MADE.' A REVIEW OF CONTROL TOWER TAPES REVEALED THE WINDS VARIED FROM 180 TO 200 DEGREES AND 10 TO 27 KNOTS. MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLIGHT LANDED, ANOTHER LANDING AIRPLANE REPORTED A 10-KNOT LOSS OF AIRSPEED AT 100 FEET. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE PRESSURE VESSEL AND STRUCTURAL STRINGERS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
PROPER DESCENT RATE NOT MAINTAINED BY THE FIRST OFFICER, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. FACTORS WERE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS AND THE CAPTAIN'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FIRST OFFICER.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/13/1995 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 2226 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | DENVER |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 80249 |
| Event Date Year | 1995 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DENVER INTERNATIONAL |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | DEN |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 5431 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2155 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DEN |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 5431 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 7 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 13 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -1 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 6511 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 147 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 423 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 14 1995 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1020 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 7 2000 4:12PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | EICEU |
| NTSB Number | FTW95LA170 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 121: Air Carrier |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 737-400 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 737-400 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 24345 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 142500 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 169 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | AAIP |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 5 1995 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 133 |
| Airframe Hours | 14505 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | GPA FINANCE, LTD. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | GPA HOUSE, 10 CLARE |
| Aircraft Owner City | SHANNON |
| Aircraft Owner State | OF |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | MARKAIR, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 4100 W. INT'L AIRPORT RD. |
| Operator City | ANCHORAGE |
| Operator State | AK |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 99519 |
| Operator Code | MRKA |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | Domestic |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | MCI |
| Departure City | KANSAS CITY |
| Departure State | MO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2142 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 17L |
| Runway Length | 12000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |