# NTSB Accident DEN01LA099
> **Aerostar RX-8** · 2001-05-15 · STERLING, CO, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01LA099
- **Event ID:** 20010518X00964
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-05-15
- **Location:** STERLING, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.619861, -103.190368
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aerostar
- **Model:** RX-8
- **Registration:** N4031A
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 0
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure by the pilot to control descent rate during approach to land.  A factor was a temperature inversion.

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