Beechcraft B90 N400AM
10 September 1983 · Burlington, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 10 September 1983 at about 11:25 local time, a Beechcraft B90 registered N400AM was involved in an accident near Burlington, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:25
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Burlington, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Burlington Municipal (3V1)
- Coordinates
- 39.3008, -102.2696
- Aircraft
- Beechcraft B90
- Registration
- N400AM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Denver → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- DEN83LA212
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
DURING ARRIVAL, THE PLT CHECKED THE LIGHTED WIND SOCK & ESTIMATED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 020 DEG AT 10 KTS. HE ELECTED NOT TO LAND ON RWY 31 SINCE THERE WERE OBSTACLES NEAR THE APCH END. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE ACFT WAS ABOUT TO TOUCH DOWNON RWY 13, THERE WAS A BIG GUST OF WIND WHICH MADE THE ACFT LAND LONG. AS THE ACFT LANDED. THE PLT SELECTED MAX REVERSE,BUT GOT NO RESPONSE. HE DECIDE HE COULD NOT MAKE A SUCCESSFUL GO-AROUND SO HE APPLIED MAX BRAKING, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT DEPARTED THE RWY, WENT THRU A FENCE, CROSSED A ROAD, HIT A POLE & THENTHE GEAR COLLAPSED AS IT WENT OVER RAILROAD TRACKS. A WITNESS ESTIMATED THAT AT ABOUT THE TIME THE ACFT WAS LANDING, THEWIND SHIFTED TO THE NORTH & INCREASED TO ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. REPORTEDLY, THE FINAL APCH SPEED WAS ABOUT 13 KTS TOO FAST.SKID MARKS WERE FOUND ON THE RWY, STARTING ABOUT 2000 FT FROM THE APCH END. WITH A 35 KT TAIL WIND, LANDING ROLL WITHOUTREVERSE THRUST WOULD HAVE BEEN 3015 FT. NO MALFUNCTIONS FOUND, BUT IT WAS NOTED THAT REVERSE SYS WAS INOP ABOVE 90 KTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Beechcraft B90 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 1982 | Beechcraft B90 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Hanger One | No injuries | - |
| 5 May 1982 | Beechcraft B90 | Charlotte, Texas, United States | Texas Aero | Fatal | 7 |
| 1 Nov 1982 | Beechcraft B90 | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States | Eugene B. Miller | No injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 1980 | Beechcraft B90 | Fresno, California, United States | Jet-Co | No injuries | - |
| 9 Aug 1987 | Beechcraft B90 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 5 Apr 1988 | Beechcraft B90 | St. Paul, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 1983 | Taylorcraft BC12D | Vernon, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jul 1983 | Beechcraft C-23 | Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 1983 | Cessna 188A | Burlington, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 1983 | Cessna 172 | Salida, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1983 | Cessna 182P | Gunnison, Colorado, United States | Travis AFB Aero Club | No injuries | - |
| 23 Jul 1983 | Mooney M20J | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |