# Incident 19791205047649I: Cessna 172N, Broomfield, CO, December 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1979, 21:42 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Jefferson Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9205° N, 105.0867° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Broomfield, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9205&lon=-105.0867&mi=10
- Aircraft: N737BQ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N737BQ) (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: 415 total, 30 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/19791205047649I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIED AIRCRAFT OFF TAXIWAY ONTO SOFT GROUND, DAMAGED TIP OF PROP.

## Other reports on N737BQ (2)

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

- [Incident 19900207009691I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207009691I), Feb 7, 1990: Cessna 172N (N737BQ), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Struck another taxiing aircraft when he turned into other aircrafts path. Reported sun blinded him at the turn.
- [Incident 19810822063599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810822063599I), Aug 22, 1981: Cessna 172N (N737BQ), Morrison, CO, Minor damage. Struck wires landing on a speedway. Reported landing due to rise in oil temperature. No actual defects.

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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