Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Buena Vista Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Buena Vista, Colorado 81211
Sunday, May 23, 1993 12:30 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PILOT SAID THAT FROM THE AIR, THE WIND APPEARED TO BE DIRECTLY ACROSS RUNWAY 15 'WITH POSSIBLY A LEFT QUARTERING TAILWIND.' AFTER SELECTING 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS, HE NOTICED HIS AIRSPEED HAD INCREASED FROM 80 KNOTS TO 115 KNOTS. HE CLOSED THE THROTTLE, SLOWED BACK TO 80 KNOTS, AND SELECTED WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS 30 DEGREES OF FLAPS. AS HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE BETWEEN 70 AND 75 KIAS, THE PILOT SENSED HE WAS GOING TOO FAST. THE AIRPLANE WAS THEN 'SHARPLY BLOWN DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY,' LEFT OF CENTERLINE, AND BOUNCED. HE APPLIED FULL THROTTLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO GO AROUND, AND NOTICED THE FLAP HANDLE WAS IN THE 40 DEGREE DETENT. HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS, BUT THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE SAID THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF BUT NEVER GOT OUT OF GROUND EFFECT. IT WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, STRUCK A DITCH, AND NOSED OVER.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
A DOWNDRAFT AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. FACTORS WERE: A CROSSWIND AND THE INADVERTENT SELECTION OF ADDITIONAL FLAPS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/23/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1230 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | BUENA VISTA |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 81211 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BUENA VISTA |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 7V1 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 7980 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Pilot |
| Time of the weather observation | 0 |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 0 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 14000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 50 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 250 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 20 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 35 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 10157 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 464 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 23 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1230 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 50715 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:19PM |
| 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 | N4881G |
| NTSB Number | DEN93LA061 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 172N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 172N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 17273428 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2300 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jan 2 2000 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | LEDBETTER, TOM |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2300 FOWLER |
| Aircraft Owner City | CANON CITY |
| Aircraft Owner State | CO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 81212 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CANON AIR SERVICE |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | FREMONT COUNTY AIRPORT |
| Operator City | FLORENCE |
| Operator State | CO |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 81226 |
| Operator Code | SKUA |
| 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 | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 1V6 |
| Departure City | CANON CITY |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1115 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | 7V1 |
| 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 | 15 |
| Runway Length | 9185 |
| Runway Width | 50 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |