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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Peyton, CO · November 20, 2018

Date
November 20, 2018 · 09:10 local
Place
Peyton, CO
Airport
Meadowlake
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N27LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR19TA034
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-320 E2D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,156 total36 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After lift-off aircraft N27LA aircraft descended left wingtip impacted terrain aircraft then landed on wheels; rolled across taxiway through a fence and into a ditch, after hitting ditch the aircraft nosed over and came to rest upside-down.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LIFT-OFF AIRCRAFT N27LA AIRCRAFT DESCENDED LEFT WINGTIP IMPACTED TERRAIN AIRCRAFT THEN LANDED ON WHEELS; ROLLED ACROSS TAXIWAY THROUGH A FENCE AND INTO A DITCH, AFTER HITTING DITCH THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE-DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.