- Date
- October 28, 1984, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N758CGCessna R172K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841028058869A
- Case key
- 16597
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - unfavorable windCause
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
The pilot stated that he encountered a strong gust of wind from the right and lost directional control. The acft struck the ground with the left wing tip and nose and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N758CG
- Reported as
- Cessna R172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1722984
- Airframe hours
- 2,792
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-KB1B, 195 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Judson Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Charles B. Honeywell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 10, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Longmont, runway 11, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
N758CGRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Cessna R172KAirframe modelCessna R172KEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 11 in this make and model · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 10 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.