# Incident 19800613053519I: Cessna 172, Ft Lupton, CO, June 13, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1980, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lupton, CO
- Airport: Platte Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0835° N, 104.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lupton, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0835&lon=-104.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70060, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70060-1985-07-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 200 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/19800613053519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING CROSSWIND LANDING, STRUCK HAYSTACK.

## Other reports on N70060 (2)

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

- [Accident 19840330007899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840330007899A), Mar 30, 1984: Cessna A185E (N70060), Tulelake, CA, Destroyed. Pilot lost directional control during landing roll and aircraft ground looped and flipped inverted.
- [Accident 19750315005079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750315005079A), Mar 15, 1975: Cessna A185E (N70060), Kamiah, ID, Substantial damage. Gusting to 30K.

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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