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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Salida, CO · November 16, 1980

Date
November 16, 1980 · 18:15 local
Place
Salida, CO
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
CGBYJ
Reported as
Cessna 172N
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
20,000 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Operated into area of snow-showers with mountain-tops obscured. Unable to climb. Hit side of mountain.

As the FAA filed it

OPERATED INTO AREA OF SNOW-SHOWERS WITH MOUNTAIN-TOPS OBSCURED. UNABLE TO CLIMB. HIT SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.