# Accident 20021006028679A: Cessna 172P, Denver, CO, October 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 2002, 10:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9086° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9086&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65312, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65312-2018-08-10) (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 DEN03LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021006028679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT BJC, THE PILOT TAXIED TO TRANSIENT PARKING AREA SOUTHEAST OF MAIN TERMINAL. FINDING THIS RAMP FULL SHE THEN REPOSITIONED TO ANOTHER PARKING RAMP SHE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH. WHILE SEARCHING FOR A PLACE TO PARK THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT STATED SHE BECAME DISTRACTED BY HER PASSENGER (HUSBAND) DURING A DISCUSSION AS TO WHERE SHE SHOULD PARK. TURNING INTO THE SUN, DISTANCE TO A LIGHT POST WAS MISJUDGED AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE POST WITH ITS LEFT WING, SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGING THE AFT SPAR.

## 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 DEN03LA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA003), Oct 6, 2002: Cessna 172P (N65312), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudging the clearance between the airplane and a fixed object during taxi. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted and sunglare.

## Other reports on N65312 (2)

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

- [Accident 20000407012019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000407012019A), Apr 7, 2000: Cessna 172P (N65312), Fort Collins, CO, No damage. (-23) The pilot stated he was on a night cross country flight from limon, CO. To ft Collins, CO. He stated that he had applied the brakes after takeoff from…
- [Incident 19900207009692I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900207009692I), Feb 7, 1990: Cessna 172P (N65312), Denver, CO, Minor damage. Was struck by another while taxiing on ramp. A mechanic was pilot of NR65312. Taxi was not intended for flight.

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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