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DEN89LA002

1988-10-01 · DURANGO, Colorado, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 5C00

N4732F has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GOLDEN CIRCLE AIR T-BIRD II, built 2002), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PRIVATE PLT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN HIS ACFT. DURING TAKEOFF GROUND RUN, WHILE MAKING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING, THE PLT REPORTED EXPERIENCING VIBRATIONS FROM BOTH MAIN GEAR AND HIS ACFT DEPARTED THE 5,000 X 50 FT RWY TO THE LEFT. THE PLANE TRAVELED 100 YDS, HIT A ROCK, AND NOSED OVER. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE ACFT APPEARED TO LAND HARDER THAN NORMAL. THE PLT SAID HE SUSPECTED THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR CAME LOOSE AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACHING POINT AND FORCED THE ACFT TO DEPART THE RWY. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION BY AN A & P MECHANIC WITH INSPECTION AUTHORIZATION, REVEALED DAMAGE TYPICAL OF THAT INCURRED DURING A LANDING ACCIDENT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_DEN89LA002.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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