Walker Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Grand Junction, Colorado 81506
Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:08 MDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

According to the pilot, he was landing when the airplane went "hard" to the right, due to the wind. The pilot added power to "stabilize" the airplane; however, he "lost control" and the airplane rolled to the left. Several witnesses stated that the airplane became airborne momentarily and then impacted the terrain to the south side of the runway, in a nose down attitude. The airplane was substantially damaged. An examination of the airplane's systems, revealed no anomalies. Winds at the time of the accident were reported as variable at 3 knots.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/26/2007
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1108
Event Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Event City Grand Junction
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 81506
Event Date Year 2007
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude 390733N
Event Location Longitude 1083160W
Event Location Airport Walker Field
Event Location Nearest Airport ID GJT
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 1
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 4858
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1053 Mountain Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 1
Weather Observation Facility ID KGJT
Elevation of weather observation facility 4858
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 1
Time Zone of the weather observation MDT
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) 26
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 11
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator Variable
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30.11
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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 22102
NTSB Notification Source FAA-Northwest Mountain Region
NTSB Notification Date Jul 26 2007 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Aug 30 2007 12:18PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\lema
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office FAA Salt Lake Flight Standards District Office

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N1049V
NTSB Number DEN07CA128
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 182T
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 18281568
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 Jun 1 2007 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 847
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name ISO Aviation LLC
Aircraft Owner Street Address 5486 Laurel Ridge Ln
Aircraft Owner City Camarillo
Aircraft Owner State CA
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 93012
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name On File
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address On File
Operator City Wollerau
Operator State --
Operator Country SZ
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
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 --
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 ASE
Departure City ASPEN
Departure State CO
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1000
Departure Time Zone MDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code GJT
Destination City Grand Junction
Destination State CO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing - flare/touchdown
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Aug 7 2007 1:21PM
User who most recently changed record BOWL
Since inspection or accident Time of Accident
Event Location Runway Number and Location 29
Runway Length 10501
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --