# Incident 19990508036759I: Cessna R172K, Telluride, CO, May 8, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1999, 17:45 local time
- Place: Telluride, CO
- Airport: Telluride Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9538° N, 107.9087° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TELLURIDE RGNL (TEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9538&lon=-107.9087&mi=10
- Aircraft: N758NH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N758NH-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 105 total, 105 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990508036759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CAUGHT IN SUDDEN CROSSWINDS DURING LANDING.  AIRCRAFT VEERED APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES AND UNDERSIDE OF TAIL PORTION HIT A RUNWAY MARKER LIGHT.  DAMAGE WAS VERY LIGHT AND TO SKIN OF AIRCRAFT ONLY.  MECHANIC (A&P) FOR FRANKLIN AVIATION IN ROCK SPRINGS (OWNER OF AIRCRAFT) REPORTED JUST SKIN, BUT NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.  NO INJURIES.  PILOT STATED BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE ON THE GROUND WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED.  SEVERAL OTHER INSPECTORS HAVE STATED THAT CROSSWINDS AT TELLURIDE CAN BE "TRICKY" EVEN WHEN LIGHT.

## Other reports on N758NH (1)

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

- [Accident 20080810844011A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080810844011A), Aug 10, 2008: Cessna R172K (N758NH), Rock Springs, WY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The Cessna (N758NH) and the Cirrus (N8341) collided in the air approx 6 miles nw of Rock Springs, WY airport at approx 1220 local time. The Cirrus was on…

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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