Cessna TP206A N4635F

Summary

On 2 November 2007 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna TP206A registered N4635F was involved in an accident near Boulder, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 November 2007 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.0394, -105.2258

Aircraft

Cessna TP206A

Registration

N4635F

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Boulder → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN08CA023

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's misjudgment of altitude. Contributing factors in this accident were the pilot's intentional low airspeed, his failure to execute a go-around, and the soft terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was returning to the airport after releasing some skydivers. He was following a training airplane in the traffic pattern and was gaining on it, so he decided to extend his downwind leg. On final approach to runway 08, his airplane was still gaining on the other airplane. The pilot reduced power and raised the nose to reduce airspeed to 85 mph. The airplane was "low and slow" as he passed over a lake, so he added power but not soon enough. The airplane touched down on the sandy shore of the lake short of the runway. The nose gear was torn off and the airplane nosed over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.