Cessna 340A N100UW

Summary

On 23 April 2003 at about 14:18 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N100UW was involved in an accident near Boulder City, Nevada, United States. 3 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.

Date

23 April 2003 at 14:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder City, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Boulder City Municipal (61B)

Coordinates

35.9475, -114.8611

Aircraft

Cessna 340A

Registration

N100UW

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder City → Bullhead City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX03LA149

Nobody was injured.

the airport committee members failure to repair or mark the faulty telephone junction box cover as a hazard. A factor in the accident was the inadequate notification process of the airport and city personnel.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The nose landing gear collapsed after the left main gear penetrated an unmarked and cracked telephone junction box in the taxiway. The airplane was on the centerline of the taxiway, and veered sharply to the left after the left main gear penetrated the junction box cover. The previous day, two airport advisory committee members observed the cracked junction box cover, and left a telephone message for the city electrician. However, they failed to mark the area as unsafe for taxi operations. Both the part-time airport manager and the city electrician, who had been on vacation at the time of the accident, stated that they had not been contacted about the cracked cover prior to the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.