- Date
- December 23, 1980
- Place
- Brighton, CO · BRIGHTON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2871XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801223075929A
- Case key
- 127700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3562 80/12/23 BRIGHTON,CO CESSNA 177 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0800 N2871X PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 47, 10880 TOTAL HOURS, 30 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN-AIRE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIGHTON,CO SEYMOUR,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- R MAG INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2871X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van-Aire
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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.