# Incident 19800312033459I: Cessna 172N, Ft Collins, CO, March 12, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 1980, 16:45 local time
- Place: Ft Collins, CO
- Airport: Christman
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5967° N, 105.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHRISTMAN FLD (CO55), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5967&lon=-105.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N618MN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N618MN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 860 total, 800 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/19800312033459I

## Narrative

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

DURING TRAINING FLIGHT RUNUP, INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO TURN AIRCRAFT. A WIND GUST TIPPED THE PLANE UP ON ITS NOSE.

## Other reports on N618MN (3)

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

- [Accident 20050202002039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050202002039A), Feb 2, 2005: Cessna 172N (N618MN), Fort Collins, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft was touching down on runway 15 when aircraft bounced back into the air. Flight instructor called for a go-around, student pilot applied power…
- [Incident 20040902021349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040902021349I), Sep 2, 2004: Cessna 172N (N618MN), Fort Collins, CO. (-23) On September 2, 2004 N618MN, Cessna 172N made an off field landing 7 miles nw of 3V5, Fort Collins (weld county road 104 & 15) due to partial loss of…
- [Accident 19800427010519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800427010519A), Apr 27, 1980: Cessna 172 (N618MN), Boulder, CO, Substantial damage. Landed long. Ran off end of runway. Runway end lights not lighted.

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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