# Accident 20001214028579A: Cessna 172P, Leadville, CO, December 14, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2000, 09:20 local time
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2393° N, 106.2899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2393&lon=-106.2899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N127FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N127FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214028579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT DRIFTED LEFT IN LANDING. CFI, WHO WAS WATCHING, SAID AIRCRAFT WAS BETWEEN CENTER LINE AND LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY, TAXIING STRAIGHT AFTER LANDING, AND THEN BEGAN TO TAXI TOWARD THE LEFT EDGE OF RUNWAY. A/C THEN HIT SNOW ON LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY, AND WAS PULLED TO AREA OFF RUNWAY AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED. A/C THEN FLIPPED OVER IN THE SNOW. CFI STATED THAT PILOT HAD RECEIVED EXRENSIVE TRAINING DURING RECENT DAYS, AND THAT MANY LANDINGS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY PILOT WITH NO ASSISTANCE, IN DIFFERENT WIND AND SNOW-PACK SITUATIONS. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER 2ND SOLO LANDING WHILE CFI WATCHED. CFI SAID LANDING WAS GOOD, ALTHOUGH LEFT OF CENTER-LINE. CFI CONSIDERS THE ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF TAXI, STUDENT PILOT WROTE THAT HE FRIFTED LEFT ON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA024), Dec 14, 2000: Cessna 172P (N127FR), Leadville, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll. A contributing factor was the snow bank next to the runway.

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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