# Accident 20191106020699A: Cessna 182Q, Broomfield, CO, November 6, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2019, 09:36 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9089° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9089&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97596, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97596) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 439 total, 82 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191106020699A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 6, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 0936 MST, N97596, A CESSNA MODEL 182Q AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (KBJC). THERE WAS ONE SOLE OCCUPANT ONBOARD WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) WITH FREEZING RAIN.

## 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 GAA20CA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA075), Nov 6, 2019: Cessna 182 (N97596), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent flight into icing conditions, which resulted in the accumulation of structural icing and an aerodynamic stall.

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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