- Date
- October 7, 1977
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N73452Cessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771007033029A
- Case key
- 145346
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3230 77/10/7 NR.BROOMFIELD,CO CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0916 N73452 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 35, 1584 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 53 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFCO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - TAXIED/PARKED WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED 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 RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 38 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- GUSTING TO 52 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73452
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jeffco
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.