# Incident 19790605014499I: Cessna 177RG, Colorado Spring, CO, June 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Peterson
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52495, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52495-2013-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605014499I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT NEEDED TO ADD POWER ON APPROACH, THROTTLE WAS STUCK. INSTRUCTOR LANDED IN FIELD

## Other reports on N52495 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20080208831469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080208831469A), Feb 8, 2008: Cessna 177RG (N52495), Tallahassee, FL, Destroyed. (-23) Aircraft crashed 3 miles NE of airport. During emergency landing approach aircraft struck power cables and poles, came to land on nose. There was no…

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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