# Incident 19950122002059I: Cessna 172, Greeley, CO, January 22, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 22, 1995, 16:20 local time
- Place: Greeley, CO
- Airport: Greeley-Weld County Airport
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4374° N, 104.6332° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREELEY-WELD COUNTY (GXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4374&lon=-104.6332&mi=10
- Aircraft: N405R (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950122002059I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT WAS A STUDENT ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. JIM BOBERG, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, STATED THAT THE STUDENT WAS GIVEN A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM FLIGHT SERVICE STATION PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT, JOSE DE ARANA, SAID WIND GIVEN BY GREELEY AWOS WAS 350 19 G 22. NO PROBLEM UNTIL LIFTOFF, GUST OF WIND CAUGHT AIRCRAFT AND HEADED OFF OF THE RUNWAY. PULLED POWER, HELD NOSE UP AND SHUT DOWN AIRCRAFT. NO PROP STRIKE, WING STRIKE, ETC. TAIL HIT DIRT MOUND AND TURNED ON ELT. PILOT SHUT OFF ELT. OPERATORS A & P INSPECTED AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE ON 01/25/95 AND FOUND NO DAMAGE (WINGS, L.G. BOX AREA, EXTERNAL SKIN). AIRCRAFT SIGNED OFF AND RETURNED TO SERVICE.

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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