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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Castle Rock, CO · September 20, 1979

Date: September 20, 1979 · 20:15 local
Place: Castle Rock, CO
Airport: Arapahoe
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N733CK
Reported as: Cessna 172N
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,300 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N733CKRegistration cancelled Mar 30, 2000 · Cessna 172NS/N 17268189 Airframe modelCessna 172N

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What happened

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Airplane hit something in flight, dent in right wing. Suspect possible "blue ice".

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE HIT SOMETHING IN FLIGHT, DENT IN RIGHT WING. SUSPECT POSSIBLE "BLUE ICE".

Other reports on N733CK · 1

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

Accident 19990804047179ALevel Off Touchdown · Denver, CO(.4)The student pilot was in the landing flare when the wind shifted from the left tailwind to a right tailwind. He said that the wing velocity suddenly tripled, and the airplane's right wing was thrown up at a radical angle. The airplane departed the left…Aug 4, 1999 · Substantial damage