# Incident 19991027038369I: Cessna 172N, Denver, CO, October 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1999, 16:52 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734WD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N734WD-2014-05-09) (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 O320*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total, 20 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/19991027038369I

## Narrative

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

MR. SHAW DEPARTED BJC AFTER CHECKING THE LOCAL WEATHER AND FLEW TO FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND AIRPROT TO PRATICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. THE WIND AT THE FNL AIRPROT WAS VERY STRONG AND AFTER SEVERAL APPROACHES HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO BJC AIRPROT.  UPON ARRIVING AT BJC THE WINDS HAD PICKED UP AND WAS VERY GUSTY.  MR. SHAW MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS AT LANDING ON THE ACTIVE RUNWAY BUT THE WIND WAS EXCEEDING THE AIRCRAFT'S LIMITS, HE REQUESTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 02 AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS CLOSED.  MR.SHAW WAS GOING TO TRY THE ERIE TRI-COUNTY AIRPORT BUT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER PILOT THAT ERIE AIPORT HAD HIGH WINDS ALSO AND THE OTHER PILOT HAD RETURN TO BJC.  AT THIS POINT MR.SHAW EXERCISED HIS QUTHORITY AS PILOT IN COMMAND AND INFORMAED THE TOWER THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 02.  MR.SHAW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN HE EXERCISED HIS AUTHORITY AS PILOT IN COMMAND.  THIS INSPECTOR HAS CONFERRED WITH THE SPM AND RECOMMEND THAT MR.SHAW BE GIVEN COUNSELING IN THE AREA OF EMERGENCIES AND AUTHORITY OF PILOT IN COMMAND.

## Other reports on N734WD (2)

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

- [Accident 20090225004329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090225004329A), Feb 25, 2009: Cessna 172N (N734WD), Olathe, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) Prior to the student pilot's second supervised solo, she taxied N734WD to Kansas city aviation center FBO to let her instructor off on the ramp. The…
- [Accident 20000811011689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000811011689A), Aug 11, 2000: Cessna 172N (N734WD), North Platte, NE, No damage. (-23) Airplane Cessna 172, N734WD was doing runup behind hold short time on taxi way braveo at night. Airplane Cessna 208, N1116Y taxied into tail of Cessna…

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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