# Incident 19830328013349I: Cessna 172N, Boulder, CO, March 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1983, 17:15 local time
- Place: Boulder, CO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0244° N, 105.2513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulder, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0244&lon=-105.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6449J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6449J) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830328013349I

## Narrative

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

PROPELLER HUB ENTANGLED IN A CORD THAT WAS TRAILING FROM A LOOSE TETHERED BALLOON OVER THE TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N6449J (2)

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

- [Incident 19950709029309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950709029309I), Jul 9, 1995: Cessna 172N (N6449J), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. Landed mid runway. Too fast elected go around then aborted due downdraft. Struck wires landing. Micro bursts existed.
- [Accident 19810324012109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810324012109A), Mar 24, 1981: Cessna 172N (N6449J), Prospect Valley, CO, Substantial damage. Elected to land on a snow-covered road due to worsening weather. Veered off road. Airplane nosed over.

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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