Cirrus SR22 N486CD

Summary

On 14 February 2009 at about 18:15 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N486CD, operated by Vector Resources LLC, was involved in an accident near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States. 4 people were 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

14 February 2009 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Bob Adams Field (SBS)

Coordinates

40.5164, -106.8664

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22

Registration

N486CD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Vector Resources LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Englewood → Steamboat Springs

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09LA165

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's failure to apply brakes in a timely manner while landing on a snow-packed, ice-covered runway, and his delay in executing a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said that he received a full weather briefing and that there were no NOTAMs (Notice to Airmen) for snow or ice on the runways. The pilot executed a global-positioning-system (GPS) approach to Runway 32. Because the runway has a displaced threshold and because he was flying the GPS approach, his touchdown point was the south runway marker, or 1,000 feet from the runway threshold. The airplane touched down between 80 to 90 knots. The pilot said that he did not apply "hard" brakes because he had been "conditioned to be conservative with the brakes" to avoid overheating them. As he passed a taxiway and started applying the brakes, the airplane hit a patch of ice and turned sideways to the right. The pilot was able to realign the airplane with the runway, but he was approximately 800 to 1,000 feet from the runway's end and still traveling approximately 50 knots. He decided to execute a go-around. As the airplane lifted off, the landing gear struck a snow berm at the end of the runway and the airplane came to rest inverted about 50 feet beyond the end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.