# Incident 19810412024359I: Cessna 172M, Leadville, CO, April 12, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1981, 09:00 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2195° N, 106.3164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE COUNTY (LXV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2195&lon=-106.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N13620, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N13620-1999-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 73 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810412024359I

## Narrative

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

DURING TOUCH AND GO LANDING PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING, BROKE NOSE GEAR FORK. MADE GO-AROUND AND LANDED.

## Other reports on N13620 (3)

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

- [Accident 19940323000879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940323000879A), Mar 23, 1994: Cessna 172M (N13620), Santa Maria, CA, Destroyed. Flying low in canyon engine rough then quit. Landed in trees. Magnetos worn out of timing and not approved type.
- [Accident 19890902033289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890902033289A), Sep 2, 1989: Cessna 172M (N13620), Bellville, TX, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing, over controlled, nose gear impacted,folded and aircraft nosed over.
- [Accident 19830309006969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830309006969A), Mar 9, 1983: Cessna 172M (N13620), Leadville, CO, Substantial damage. Skidded off side of runway on landing. Struck a snowbank and overturned.

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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