# Accident 20250831019862A: Cessna 172M, Fort Morgan, CO, August 31, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2025, 10:43 local time
- Place: Fort Morgan, CO
- Airport: Fort Morgan Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3405° N, 103.8102° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3405&lon=-103.8102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61657, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61657) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 141 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250831019862A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 10:43AM LOCAL TIME AT FORT MORGAN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KFMM) CESSNA 172 AND EXTRA 300M COLLIDED WHILE BOTH WERE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 14, AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND/OR DESTROYED.

THE CESSNA 172 HAD TWO SOULS ON BOARD, BOTH WITH MINOR INJURIES. THE EXTRA 300M HAD TWO SOULS ON BOARD, ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH BURNS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT INJURIES, ONE DECEASED.

WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED AS CLEAR, 75 DEGREES, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WITH LIGHT WINDS GUSTING TO 10 MPH.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N330AN, Extra Flugzeugproduktions-Und EA 300/LC: [Accident 20250831019852A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250831019852A)

## 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 WPR25FA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25FA268), Aug 31, 2025: Cessna 172M (N61657), Fort Morgan, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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