# NTSB DEN72FTE53: Cessna 411, N12WT, Denver, CO, January 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 6, 1972
- Place: Denver, CO · DENVER, CO
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72FTE53
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72FTE53

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1179   72/1/6    DENVER,COLO         CESSNA 411          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 625
        TIME - 1648                    N12WT               PX-  0  0  6  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STAPLETON INTL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DALLAS,TEX                  DENVER,COLO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- LNDD BETWEEN PARALLEL RWYS.TWILIGHT COND REFLECTED SHADOWS,PARTIAL SNOWY & ICY SURFACE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12WT](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12WT-1999-05-07), registration cancelled 1999-05-07, S/N 411-0080 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Registry model: [Cessna 411](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (registry code 2075902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stapleton Intl

## Other investigations on N12WT (2)

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 MIA97LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA253), Sep 13, 1997: Cessna 411 (N12WT), Williston, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot-in-command's excessive taxi speed.
- [NTSB LAX73DUG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73DUG28), Jan 2, 1973: Cessna 411 (N12WT), Bermuda Dns, CA, substantial damage

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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