- Date
- June 17, 1983, 08:35 local (14:35 UTC)
- Place
- Ellicott, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N75958Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830617031909A
- Case key
- 16103
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Analysis
The acft collided with a fence during a forced landing after the engine quit. The plt was descending from airwork at 10800 ft MSL to return to the arpt. The engine was reduced to idle and the carburetor heat was on but the engine would not respond when the throttle was advanced. Emergency procedures were intitated and a landing site chosen. The dirt roadchosen had a crosswind so an alternate field was chosen. The grass field gave poor deceleration and after 455 ft of rolla fence was encountered. In the recommendation section of the pilot's accident report he wrote 'be cautious even with novisible moisture when it was visible earlier.' All post accident tests on the engine were normal. The fuel system contained no water in the tanks or lines. The temperature on the day of the accident was 55 degrees f and the dewpoint was 32 degrees f.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75958
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268069
- Airframe hours
- 1,795
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1982 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,419 total · 484 in this make and model · 3,318 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 6 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F
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 N75958 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.