Cessna 340 N388SP
23 September 2000 · Broomfield, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 September 2000 at about 04:00 local time, a Cessna 340 registered N388SP, operated by Star West Aviation, was involved in an accident near Broomfield, Colorado, United States. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 04:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Broomfield, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Jefferson County (BJC)
- Coordinates
- 39.9402, -105.0604
- Aircraft
- Cessna 340
- Registration
- N388SP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Star West Aviation
- Operating rule
- Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter
- Purpose of flight
- Unknown
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Rock Springs → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night/Dark
- NTSB number
- DEN00LA177
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Probable cause
The pilot landing the aircraft hard exceeding the design stress limits. Factors were: Low ceiling, freezing rain, dark night, excessive descent rate, and improper glide path.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
At the completion of an on-demand air taxi flight carrying four passengers, a ILS approach was conducted followed by a hard landing which damaged the landing gear, both wings, and the tips of the left propeller blades. Lighting conditions were dark night. Weather during the approach/landing was 200-foot obscuration, 1/2-mile visibility in freezing drizzle and mist. The wind was from 360 degrees magnetic heading at 10 knots and the altimeter was 30.03 inches of mercury. The recorded temperature and dew point were both 34 degrees Fahrenheit.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 340 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2000 | Cessna 340A | Selma, California, United States | Yecny Enterprises, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340 | Nadi, Fiji | Benchmark Aviation | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Aug 2000 | Cessna 340A | Mission, South Dakota, United States | - | Fatal | 3 |
| 21 Aug 2000 | Cessna 340 | Glarus, Switzerland | A.c. Friedrich Gmbh | Fatal | 5 |
| 17 Jan 2000 | Cessna 340A | Brownsville, Texas, United States | Luis Carlos Alanis Fernandez | No injuries | - |
| 8 Sep 2000 | Cessna 340A | Big Piney, Wyoming, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 2000 | Mooney M-20C | Boulder, Colorado, United States | Artell, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 30 Oct 2000 | Bell 206L-1 | Mesa Verde, Colorado, United States | U.s. Bureau of Reclamation | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 2000 | Piper PA-44-180T | Englewood, Colorado, United States | Aspen Flying Club | No injuries | - |
| 8 Apr 2000 | Beechcraft A60 | Englewood, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Nov 2000 | Mooney M20J | Longmont, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Jun 2000 | Piper PA-31-350 | Kiowa, Colorado, United States | Key Lime Air, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |