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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172 · Sedalia, CO · April 5, 1979

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Date: April 5, 1979 · 16:40 local
Place: Sedalia, CO
Airport: Littleton
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N75747
Reported as: Cessna 172
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 81 total6 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Pilot not checked out in airplane. Landed downwind at strange field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT NOT CHECKED OUT IN AIRPLANE. LANDED DOWNWIND AT STRANGE FIELD.