# Incident 20031031028339I: Cessna 401B, Denver, CO, October 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2003, 17:46 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- 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: N7912Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7912Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,495 total, 225 in this make and model, 297 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031031028339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10/31/03, AIRCRAFT N7912Q, A CESSNA 403, DEPARTED JEFFERSON COUNTY AIRPORT (BJC) FOR (YKN), WITH 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEPARTURE THE BJC ATIS WAS REPORTING PIREPS OF MODERATE TO SEVERE ICING IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. DURING N7912Q'S CLIMB, DENVER CENTER ASKED IF HE WAS ENCOUNTERING ANY ICE. HE SAID THAT HE WAS. WHEN ASKED WHAT TYPE OF ICE HE WAS ENCOUNTERING THAT PILOT STATED MODERATE TO SEVERE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME CLIMBING. THE PILOT THEN TOLD CENTER THAT HE HAD TO GET OUT OF THE ICING AND ASKED CENTER WHAT WAS THE BEST WAY. CENTER RESPONDED THAT HE WAS 12 TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF GREELEY (GXY) AND THEN GAVE THE PILOT A VECTOR FOR THE GXY AIRPORT. N7912Q WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS TO RUNWAY 34 AT GXY. HE LANDED SAFELY AT GREELEY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N7912Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19900604063019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900604063019I), Jun 4, 1990: Cessna 401B (N7912Q), Salem, OR, Minor damage. Emergency exit window jettisoned on climb. Returned. Retainer pins were not postively engaged. No cable slack.
- [Incident 19840122009739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840122009739I), Jan 22, 1984: Cessna 401B (N7912Q), Cedar City, UT, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Emergency landing gear procedures used. Unable to lower gear. Cause undetermined.

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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