# Incident 20041112033319I: Cessna 152, Fort Collins, CO, November 12, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2004, 16:25 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4106° N, 105.0700° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4106&lon=-105.0700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5531P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05IA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041112033319I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ WAS PERFORMING HER FIRST STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT. SHE PULLED ONTO THE RUNWAY WHILE A SMALL HOME-BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL. THE PILOT OF THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT DID NOT SEE THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DA^ PULL ONTO THE RUNWAY IN HER CE-152. THE HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE CE-152 CAUSING SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO THE CE-152.

## 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 DEN05IA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05IA025), Nov 12, 2004: Cessna 152 (N5531P), Fort Collins, CO, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: the Blair-American and the Cessna pilot's inadequate visual lookout, and student pilot's failure to give right-of-way to a landing aircraft, which resulted in a runway incursion and subsequent…

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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