# Incident 19790920024049I: Cessna 172N, Castle Rock, CO, September 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1979, 20:15 local time
- Place: Castle Rock, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733CK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733CK-2000-03-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,300 total, 300 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/19790920024049I

## Narrative

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

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 19990804047179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990804047179A), Aug 4, 1999: Cessna 172N (N733CK), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (.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…

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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