# Incident 20240103000239I: Cessna R172E, Colorado Spring, CO, January 3, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Colorado Springs Municipal Air
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8743° N, 104.4098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLORADO SPRINGS EAST (CO4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8743&lon=-104.4098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7873N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7873N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172E (registry code 2072413, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240103000239I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 3, 2024 A CESSNA 172 WAS ROLLING-OUT AFTER LANDING AT COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND EXPERIENCED AN UNANTICIPATED GUST OF WIND THAT RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LEAVING THE RUNWAY, AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WINDS REPORTED AT THE TIME WERE EASTERLY AT 8MPH, GUSTING AT 23MPH.

## Other reports on N7873N (2)

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

- [Incident 20070815018789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070815018789I), Aug 15, 2007: Cessna R172E (N7873N), Goodyear, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) During landing private pilot [privacy data omitted] made a normal touchdown but shortly after landing lost control and became airborne briefly. He did…
- [Incident 20010824024979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010824024979I), Aug 24, 2001: Cessna R172E (N7873N), Albuquerque, NM. (-23) On August 24, 2001, at 1615 MST, a Cessna 172, N7873N registered to kirtland aero club lost power after takeoff from runway 8 at Albuquerque…

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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