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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna P172D · Crested Butte, CO · April 8, 1989

Date
April 8, 1989 · 13:00 local
Place
Crested Butte, CO
Airport
Crested Butte Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8562X
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA103
Reported as
Cessna P172D
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
190 total130 in this make and model24 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.

Struck a snowbank at end of runway on a downwind takeoff. Aircraft then nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A SNOWBANK AT END OF RUNWAY ON A DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.