Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN83LA161

COLORADO SPRING, CO, USA

Aircraft #1

N65236

BEECH C-23

Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR A TOUCH & GO LANDING TO RWY 17 AND WHEN DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 17 ON THE DOWNWIND LEG WAS RE-CLEARED FOR TOUCH & GO'S TO RWY 12. THE APPROACH TO RWY 12 WAS STEEP, TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED MID-POINT OF THE THE RWY AND A GO-AROUND WAS ABORTED WHEN THE PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE BUILDING AT PATTERSON AFB. HE STATED, 'I CUT THE POWER AND DROPPED THE PLANE ON THE GROUND.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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