Boulder City Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Boulder City, Nevada 89005
Thursday, June 28, 2001 13:00 PDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The commercial pilot lost control of the airplane during landing on runway 27L. The pilot reported that a 10-knot tailwind gust raised the left wing during touchdown and the airplane veered off the right side of the runway, where it encountered a berm. As the pilot applied power to realign the airplane with the runway, the nose and left main landing gear collapsed.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the pilot's inadequate compensation for the tailwind gust and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/28/2001
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1300
Event Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Event City Boulder City
Event State NEVADA
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 89005
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 355651N
Event Location Longitude 1145140W
Event Location Airport Boulder City Municipal
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 61B
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 2201
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1156 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 270
Weather Observation Facility ID LAS
Elevation of weather observation facility 2181
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 15
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 35
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 100
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 8
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.03
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 6
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 15291
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jun 28 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1330
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Apr 28 2004 3:34PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office WP-FSDO LAS VEGAS, NV

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N72218
NTSB Number LAX01LA225
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
Type of Flight Plan filed Company VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model U206D
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number U206-1328
Certified Max Gross Weight 3600
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 Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Jun 12 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 70
Airframe Hours 18015.6
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Riffey Co. LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address P.O. Box 60035
Aircraft Owner City Boulder City
Aircraft Owner State NV
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 89006
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Lake Mead Air
Operator Same as Owner? No
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 DOQA
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Non-scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code 1Z1
Departure City Colorado City
Departure State AZ
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1215
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 61B
Destination City Boulder City
Destination State NV
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Feb 9 2004 4:06PM
User who most recently changed record COOS
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27L
Runway Length 4800
Runway Width 75
Sight Seeing flight Yes
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --