- Date
- September 16, 1984, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6579KCessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840916050599A
- Case key
- 16486
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was making a low pass over a strip he wanted certified. During an attempted go-around the eng would not respond so the plt landed. The acft ran off the end of the wet sod airstrip and nosed over. The plt said after the accident that the carburetor heat had not been usedd in the last 10 minutes of flt. The engine was tested by the FAA after the accident and it operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6579K
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274216
- Airframe hours
- 1,692
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Judson Aviation
- Registered owner
- Roger Sebelius
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 12, 1984
- Airport
- runway 18, 1,600 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,500 total · 100 in this make and model · 12,500 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 130 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.