Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Boulder Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Boulder, Colorado 80301
Sunday, November 20, 1983 15:20 MST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE PLT HAD MADE 3 ATTEMPTS TO LAND & DURING EACH ATTEMPT HE OVERSHOT HIS APPROACH & EXECUTED A GO-AROUND WITHOUT TOUCHING DOWN. ON THE FOURTH ATTEMPT HE DID TOUCH DOWN BUT APPEARED TO BE TOO FAST & THE ACFT SKIPPED & BOUNCED. AFTER PASSING HALFWAY DOWN THE 4,100 FT RWY, THE ACFT BEGAN PORPOISING & THE WINGS WERE ROCKING BACK & FORTH. JUST BEFORE REACHING THE END OF THE RWY, THE ACFT DRIFTED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE STRIKING A RWY LIGHT. THE WITNESSES HEARD THE ENG RPM INCREASE & THEY WATCHED THE ACFT STAGGER OFF THE GROUND UNTIL IT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A STEEP DROP-OFF ABOUT 300 FT FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RWY. THE ACFT IMPACTED AT THE BOTTOM OF A RAVINE, FLIPPED OVER & IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE. TEN DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE PLT RECEIVED A 1.6-HR CHECK-OUT IN THE ACFT. HE DID NOT FLY AGAIN UNTIL THE ACCIDENT FLT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 11/20/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1520 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Standard Time |
| Event City | BOULDER |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 80301 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 11 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | BOULDER |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | 1V5 |
| 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 | 5288 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| 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 | 20000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Overcast |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 30 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 7 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -18 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 100 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 5925 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 3014 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 23330 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:16AM |
| 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 | N28420 |
| NTSB Number | DEN84FA027 |
| 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 | GRUMMAN AMERICAN |
| Aircraft Model | AA-5B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | AA-5B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | AA5B0601 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2000 |
| 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 | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Aug 28 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 90 |
| Airframe Hours | 1446 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | MR. LYNN MASSA |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | P.O. BOX 2057 |
| Aircraft Owner City | ENGLEWOOD |
| Aircraft Owner State | CO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 80161 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CASTLEWOOD AVIATION, INC. |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 7355 S. PEORIA STREET |
| Operator City | ENGLEWOOD |
| Operator State | CO |
| 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 | APA |
| Departure City | ENGLEWOOD |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| 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 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 8 |
| Runway Length | 4100 |
| Runway Width | 75 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |