# NTSB Accident DEN05LA140
> **Cessna A185F** · 2005-09-14 · Boulder, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN05LA140
- **Event ID:** 20050920X01496
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-09-14
- **Location:** Boulder, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.039443, -105.22583
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** A185F
- **Registration:** N4807
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing and his subsequent failure to recover from the bounced landing.  Contributing factors were the pilot's improper in-flight decision to land in deteriorating weather conditions, turbulence associated with thunderstorms, tailwind, and the wet runway.

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