Cessna 182P accident near Broomfield, Colorado, July 23, 2000
On July 23, 2000 at about 11:48 pm local time, a Cessna 182P, registered N9886M, was substantially damaged in an accident near Broomfield, Colorado (Jefferson County airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's inaccurate recovery from a bounced landing. Factors were lack of total pilot experience and lack of pilot experience in aircraft make and model.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 23, 2000 · about 11:48 pm local time
- Place
- Broomfield, Colorado · Jefferson County · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 182P · all 182Ps on the register
- Registration
- N9886M · registry record · serial 18264784
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
During a touch and go landing on a local area personal flight, the pilot was given a 'short' approach to runway 29L (9,000 feet long and 100 feet wide). The final approach was high and fast and the aircraft landed hard and bounced several times with the bounces becoming divergent. During this evolution, the nose landing gear and firewall sustained damage. Weather at the time of the accident was scattered clouds, wind from 200 degrees at 10 knots and a temperature of 93 degrees. Density altitude was calculated to be 9,300 feet. The pilot had 144 hours total flight time, 7 hours in the accident aircraft make and model, and his flight time in the accident aircraft make and model was all accumulated in the 30 day period preceding the accident.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 144 hours in all; 7 in this make and model; 49 in the last 90 days; 39 in the last 30 days; 89 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: left
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 6,310 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, July 15, 2000; 13 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,950 lb
- Seats: 4
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-470S (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Air West Flying Club
The flight
- Departed from: BJC at 5:00 pm
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 29L, 9,000 ft by 100 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 6,000 ft
- Temperature: 93°F (34°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 11:55 pm from BJC, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
Other NTSB records under N9886M the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DEN00LA138.