- Date
- December 31, 1983, 19:20 local (Jan 1, 1984, 02:20 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N65680Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831231065049A
- Case key
- 16315
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with the ground after the pilot flew into a fog bank on final for runway 29R. The pilot was non-instrument rated and had not received a weather briefing or filed a flt plan. The acft was only airborne for a aboutan hour. The weather was 200 ft overcast visibility 3/4 mile light snow, fog at the time of the accident. The purpose of the flt was to do touch and go landings at an nearby arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65680
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275817
- Airframe hours
- 639
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Denver Air Center Sky Cab
- Registered owner
- Karl C. & Karen Walker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · December 2, 1983 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco, runway 29R, 7,498 × 100 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.