- Date
- March 9, 1983, 08:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Leadville, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13620Cessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830309006969A
- Case key
- 16047
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The Cessna 172 collided with a snowbank during landing and nosed over. The weather was VMC with light winds from 20 degrees at 3 KTS. One inch of fresh snow was covering the runway. The pilot said he flew the approach to runway 34 with 20 degrees of flaps and touched down 150 yards past the numbers. After touchdown the acft skidded to the left for about 100 yards. According to the pilot he applied brakes and right rudder to no avail. When he applied power the acft straightened but it was too late. The left landing gear went into a snow bank and the acft nosed over the pilot received his private certificate 3 months before the accident and had about 90 hours of flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13620
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262888
- Airframe hours
- 4,680
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E20, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dennis F. Tomar
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 5, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 1V6 · Canon City, CO
- Destination
- LKV · Leadville, CO
- Airport
- LKV · Leadville, runway 34, 4,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 100 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 5 °F, dew point 1 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LKV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N13620 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.