Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Pagosa Springs Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147
Friday, September 27, 1991 14:15 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DRG TAXI AFTER A X-COUNTRY FLT, A PROP BLADE WAS NICKED BY FLYING GRAVEL. THE PLT HAD THE PROP DRESSED BY A MECH, THEN HE MADE AN ENG RUN-UP & TOOK OFF ON A TEST FLT. WITNESSES RPRTD THAT AS THE ACFT WAS DEPG, IT REMAINED AT A LOWER ALT THAN EXPECTED, BUT THE ENG SOUNDED SMOOTH. THE ACFT WAS TURNED DWNWND & MNVRD FOR FINAL APCH TO THE SAME RWY. HOWEVER, IT OVERSHOT THE TURN & COLLIDED WITH TREES AT THE EDGE OF THE CLEAR WAY ABOUT 1200' SHORT OF THE RWY. THE ACFT REMAINED AIRBORNE FOR ABOUT 500', THEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE GATE OF A HI FENCE, CRASHED & BURNED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OF THE ACFT OR ENG WAS FND, BUT THE MIXTURE CTL WAS FND AT A MID-RANGE PSN, RATHER THAN FULL FORWARD. FOR TAKEOFFS BELOW 17,000' IN THIS ACFT, THE MIXTURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULL RICH. THE PLT HAD BEEN ISSUED A 3RD CLASS MED CERT ON 3/14/91, BUT IT WAS RESCINDED LTR, WHEN A CARDIOVASCULAR ABNORMALITY OF THE PLT WAS NOTED. A CHECK OF THE PLT'S BLOOD SHOWED A CHLORPHENIRAMINE (ANTIHISTAMINE) LEVEL OF 0.073 UG/ML. DENSITY ALT WAS ABT 9300'.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TREES DURING AN APPROACH FOR A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. HIS IMPROPER USE OF THE MIXTURE CONTROL WAS A RELATED FACTOR CONCERNING THE PARTIAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 9/27/1991 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1415 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | PAGOSA SPRINGS |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 81147 |
| Event Date Year | 1991 |
| Event Date Month | 9 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | PAGOSA SPRINGS |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 2V1 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 1 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 190 |
| Airport Elevation | 7700 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1400 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 260 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | DRO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6685 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 60 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| 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) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 23 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 4 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 9300 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2169 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 46308 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 10:44AM |
| 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 | N1JG |
| NTSB Number | DEN91FA135 |
| 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 | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | P210N |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | P210N |
| Aircraft Serial Number | P21000561 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 3400 |
| 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 | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 28 1991 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 15 |
| Airframe Hours | 1403 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DAVID H. HAMPTON |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | BOX 1500 |
| Aircraft Owner City | LUBBOCK |
| Aircraft Owner State | TX |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 79408 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | DAVID H. HAMPTON |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1410 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 19 |
| Runway Length | 6500 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |