# Incident 20200624008389I: Cessna 172N, Colorado Spring, CO, June 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 2020, 12:48 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Usaf Academy
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 03BS
- Location: 38.9725° N, 104.8211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at USAF Academy Airfield (AFF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9725&lon=-104.8211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1401E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1401E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200624008389I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 24TH, 2020 AT 12:48 MDT, N1401E, A CESSNA 172 INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND AT THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY AIRFIELD (KAFF). THERE WAS ONE OCCUPANT ON BOARD WITH NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.

## Other reports on N1401E (1)

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

- [Accident 20250821011129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250821011129A), Aug 21, 2025: Cessna 172N (N1401E), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. On 08/21/2025 a student pilot prepared for a solo flight in a CE-172N. Aircraft was getting prepped for the flight by the flight instructor while the student…

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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