# Accident 19790827023319A: Cessna 152, Center, CO, August 27, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1979, 12:10 local time
- Place: Center, CO
- Airport: Leach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7849° N, 106.0469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEACH (1V8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7849&lon=-106.0469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24967, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24967-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21 total, 21 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE77) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790827023319A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TOUCH & GO LANDING. RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY. FLIPPED OVER INTO A DITCH.

## 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 DEN79FTE77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE77), Aug 27, 1979: Cessna 152 (N24967), Center, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N24967 (1)

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

- [Incident 19781129024249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781129024249I), Nov 29, 1978: Cessna 152 (N24967), Monte Vista, CO, Minor damage. Instructor allowed student to taxi on gravel, snow covered taxiway nose gear fell into a hole.

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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