Pueblo Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Pueblo, Colorado 81007
Sunday, January 31, 1988 16:00 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

THE INSTRUMENT RATED PVT PLT WAS COMPLETING A PERSONAL IFR FLIGHT FROM TELLURIDE, COLORADO, TO COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, WITH THREE PAX. THE DESTINATION WX WENT BELOW IFR MINIMUMS PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT'S ARRIVAL AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO PUEBLO, COLORADO, FOR AN INSTRUMENT LANDING. WX WAS 300 OBSCURED, VISIBILITY 1 MILE, TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT 30 DEGREES, WIND 090 AT 5 KNOTS, RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY WERE FOG AND SNOW. DURING THE APPROACH TO RNWY 8L, WINDSCREEN ICING OCCURRED AND ICE COULD BE SEEN ON THE AIRCRAFT SURFACES. AT FLARE FOR TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO 70 KNOTS AT 5 FEET OF ALTITUDE AND STALLED. A HARD LANDING RESULTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO PARKING. NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE AND THIS INCIDENT WAS UNREPORTED UNTIL A MECHANIC DISCOVERED FIREWALL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING INSPECTION LATER.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 1/31/1988
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1600
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City PUEBLO
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 81007
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 1
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PUEBLO
Event Location Nearest Airport ID PUB
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 4726
Weather Briefing Completeness Full
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 300
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 1
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) -1
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -1
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 90
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 5
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Moderate
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 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 143
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Feb 17 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1030
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 35677
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 11:29AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9393H
NTSB Number DEN88LA073
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model 182R
Aircraft Series Identifier 182R
Aircraft Serial Number 18267942
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
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 Apr 2 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 681
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name BRUCE M. WRIGHT
Aircraft Owner Street Address 20 BOULDER CRESCENT
Aircraft Owner City COLORADO SPRING
Aircraft Owner State CO
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 80903
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
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 No
Departure Airport Code TEX
Departure City TELLURIDE
Departure State CO
Departure Country
Departure Time 1400
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code COS
Destination City COLORADO SPRING
Destination State CO
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
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 8L
Runway Length 10496
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --