- Date
- August 29, 1975
- Place
- Loveland, CO · LOVELAND, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2181QCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80708
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0035 75/8/29 LOVELAND,CO CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 188 TIME - 2230 N2181Q PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FT.COLLINS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NE LOVELAND,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- WIFE OF PLT LEFT ACFT TO CHECK WING TIP CLEARANCE DURING TAXI. WALKED INTO PROP.NO FLT INTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2181Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Ft.Collins
N2181QRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2014 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2181Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.