- Date
- March 27, 1983, 15:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N736CUCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830327009839A
- Case key
- 16056
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Analysis
The aircraft collided with a snowbank during landing. The pilot stated that he had contacted flt service and asked aboutthe runway conditions. Nothing was reported and no NOTAMS were posted. Upon arrival the pilot tried to contact UNICOM atcolumbine. Someone using call sign Aurora answered. Assuming columbine UNICOM was out of service the pilot overflew the field for wind and traffic. He entered traffic and landed and did not realize the runway was poorly plowed until after touchdown. Only a narrow path down the middle of the runway was plowed. The acft touched down with the left gear in the snow. As the acft rolled the snow clogged the left wheel and the acft. Swerved off the runway and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N736CU
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722428
- Airframe hours
- 624
- Engine
- Continental IO-360K, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Otto Holm
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 21, 1982 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Destination
- 01V · Aurora, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 0IV · Columbine, runway 32, 5,000 × 40 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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 195 total · 74 in this make and model · 146 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.