- Date
- July 17, 1976
- Place
- Limon, CO · LIMON, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N20545Cessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760717019599A
- Case key
- 154510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1589 76/7/17 LIMON,CO CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 19, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1120 N20545 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIMON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ENGLEWOOD,CO RETURN LIMON,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 96 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- D-A 9000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20545
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Limon
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N20545 · 1
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