- Date
- June 28, 1970
- Place
- Littleton, CO · LITTLETON, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78677Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120417
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2775 70/6/28 LITTLETON,COLO CESSNA 172K CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0010 N78677 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 24, 282 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 14 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LITTLETON,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- HIT GND L WING FIRST ABT 2 MI SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78677
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arapahoe County
N78677Registration cancelled May 18, 2018 · Cessna 172KAirframe modelCessna 172KEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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