# Accident 19810315015579A: Cessna 337, Aurora, CO, March 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1981, 13:15 local time
- Place: Aurora, CO
- Airport: Columbine
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7294° N, 104.8319° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Aurora, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7294&lon=-104.8319&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2453S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2453S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210L (registry code 2073449, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,756 total, 59 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810315015579A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT BOUNCED ON BAD LANDING. RAN OFF RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED BELATED GO-AROUND. STRUCK PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN81FTE25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE25), Mar 15, 1981: Cessna 337 (N2453S), Aurora, CO, substantial damage

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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