19790424024899I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 170B · Aurora, CO · April 24, 1979

Date
April 24, 1979 · 08:45 local
Place
Aurora, CO
Airport
Columbine
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2564C
Reported as
Cessna 170B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total18 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot lost control during takeoff due to a moderate wind gust in a crosswind. Dragged wingtip on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF DUE TO A MODERATE WIND GUST IN A CROSSWIND. DRAGGED WINGTIP ON THE RUNWAY.