# NTSB DEN84LA013: Cessna 172A, N7858, Bennett, CO, October 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 22, 1983, 13:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Bennett, CO
- Coordinates: 39.750442, -104.420654 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7504&lon=-104.4207&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 4 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16283
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16283/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON A DIRT ROAD, APPROX 12 FT WIDE, AND A GUST OF WIND PICKED-UP THE RIGHT WING. HE APPLIED FULL RT AILERON BUT THE LT WING DRAGGED ON THE GROUND. THE ACFT SPUN TO THE LT AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7858 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172A
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 47458
- Airframe hours: 4026
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-3OO-C 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Angelo Sobliros
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 25, 1983, 29 hours before
- Departed: 7CO0, ERIE, CO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 87 total, 81 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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