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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172 · Colorado Spring, CO · June 17, 1978

Date: June 17, 1978 · 22:00 local
Place: Colorado Spring, CO
Airport: Peterson
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20965
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,700 total200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N20965Registered now · Cessna 172MS/N 17263883 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 172M Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Blinded by field lights, pilot missed turn onto taxiway and hit embankment, damaged prop and nose wheel.

As the FAA filed it

BLINDED BY FIELD LIGHTS, PILOT MISSED TURN ONTO TAXIWAY AND HIT EMBANKMENT, DAMAGED PROP AND NOSE WHEEL.

Other reports on N20965 · 1

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