Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Ft Collins Downtown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Ft Collins, Colorado 80525
Friday, January 12, 1990 11:50 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE NEW OWNER/PLT (PIC) TOOK OFF FROM DOWNTOWN FORT COLLINS AIRPARK TO PRACTICE LANDINGS WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER ACTING AS A SAFETY PLT. AFTER PRACTICING A NUMBER OF LANDINGS, THEY LANDED AT FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNI ARPT & REFUELED. THE PLTS THEN TOOK OFF TO RETURN TO THE DOWNTOWN ARPT FOR THE FINAL LANDING. WHILE LANDING IN CALM WIND, THE TAILWHEEL EQUIPPED ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT & WENT OFF THE RWY. AS IT VEERED LEFT, THE RIGHT WING DRAGGED THE GROUND & WAS DAMAGED.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRCRAFT.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 1/12/1990 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 1150 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | FT COLLINS |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 80525 |
| Event Date Year | 1990 |
| Event Date Month | 1 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | FT COLLINS DOWNTOWN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 3V5 |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 4935 |
| 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 | 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) | 60 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 2 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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) | 2 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jan 12 1990 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1320 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 39547 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 12 2000 4:43PM |
| 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 | N49733 |
| NTSB Number | DEN90LA040 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | A75N1 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | A75N-1 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 75-4276 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2950 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Unknown |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 0 |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | UNKNOWN |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | DENNIS BRUCE WHITSELL |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 3001 ALAMO DR. |
| Operator City | FT. COLLINS |
| Operator State | CO |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 80525 |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | FNL |
| Departure City | FT COLLINS |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1130 |
| Departure Time Zone | MST |
| 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 | Dec 9 2002 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 11 |
| Runway Length | 4700 |
| Runway Width | 48 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |