# Accident 19780703016389A: Cessna 172L, Louviers, CO, July 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1978
- Place: Louviers, CO
- Airport: Littleton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Location: 39.4799° N, 105.0033° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louviers, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4799&lon=-105.0033&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4258Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4258Q-1980-06-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172L (registry code 2072432, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 104 total, 79 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FTE71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780703016389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN78FTE71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE71), Jul 3, 1978: Cessna 172L (N4258Q), Louviers, CO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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