- Date
- January 30, 1974
- Place
- Ft Collins, CO · FT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7959FCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740130003219A
- Case key
- 187039
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0221 74/1/30 FT COLLINS,COLO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 73 TOTAL TIME - 0845 N7959F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT COLLINS-LONGMO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT COLLINS,COLO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 8000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING TAIL WIND 203-247 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WX CHECKED BY UNICOM. GUSTING TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7959F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Collins-Longmo
N7959FRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7959F · 2
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