# Incident 20200808013529I: Cessna 172P, Colorado Spring, CO, August 8, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2020, 16:45 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Usaf Academy Airfield
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: O3BS
- 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: N6601K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6601K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-A4M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 893 total, 197 in this make and model, 138 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200808013529I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 8, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 MDT, N6601K, A CESSNA MODEL 172P AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY AIRFIELD (KAFF) SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. THE PILOT LOSS ADEQUATE AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE WHEN THE WIND DIRECTION SUDDENLY CHANGED FROM A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO A WESTERLY DIRECTION SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16C. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TAILHOOK, PROPELLER TIP, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND CRACKING OF THE FRONT AND REAR WINDSCREEN. THERE WERE TWO PERSONS ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT ONBOARD, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND A STUDENT PILOT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY EITHER PERSONS. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.

## Other reports on N6601K (1)

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

- [Incident 20120811017501I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120811017501I), Aug 11, 2012: Cessna 172P (N6601K), Pueblo, CO, Minor damage. On 08/11/2012 at 09:40 MDT N184WL, a Piper PA-18-150, collided with N6601K a Cessna 172P on the grounds of Pueblo Memorial Airport. There were two (2) persons…

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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