- Date
- December 2, 1979
- Place
- Longmont, CO · LONGMONT, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N97640Cessna 182
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791202031569A
- Case key
- 132818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3928 79/12/2 NR.LONGMONT,CO CESSNA 182 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 633 TIME - 0950 N97640 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 271 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGMONT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGMONT,CO RIFLE,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SNOW COVERED FLAT TERRAIN.CARB HEAT FOUND FULL ON,MIXTURE FOUND RICH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97640
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Longmont Muni
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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.