- Date
- April 2, 1978
- Place
- Falcon, CO · FALCON, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4376QCessna 172L
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780402005319A
- Case key
- 142690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0599 78/4/2 FALCON,CO CESSNA 172L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 137 TIME - 1530 N4376Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARAPAHOE,CO ARAPAHOE,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DA APPROX 9200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4376Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 172L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadow Lake
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4376Q · 1
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