# NTSB DEN70D0081: Cessna 177, N29543, Fountain, CO, August 16, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 16, 1969
- Place: Fountain, CO · FOUNTAIN, CO
- Location: 38.6894° N, 104.6805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fountain, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6894&lon=-104.6805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162712
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN70D0081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN70D0081

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3533  69/8/16    FOUNTAIN,COLO       CESSNA 177          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 34, 62 TOTAL
        TIME - 0600                    N29543              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PIKES PEAK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          PETERSON FLD,COLO           PETERSON FLD,COLO            FOUNTAIN,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- FULL FLAP LDG.ACFT PORPOISED ON RWY FOR APRXLY 2000 FT,WENT OFF L SIDE,WENT 1500 FT,HIT 3 FENCES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N29543 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pikes Peak

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.

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