# NTSB DEN85LA178: Cessna R172K, N736XN, Leadville, CO, July 3, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1985, 09:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Coordinates: 39.240074, -106.289703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2401&lon=-106.2897&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16717
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16717/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA178

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
  - remedial action - not possible, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL ON RWY 34, A DEER RAN IN FRONT OF THE ACFT. THE DEER WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY THE RIGHT WING STRUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N736XN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N736XN), registered now, S/N R1722871, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Registry model: [Cessna R172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (registry code 2072431) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R1722871
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-K 195 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Colorado Nw Community College
- Registered owner: Wesley W. Webster
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: 4VD, RANGLEY, CO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LXV, Lake County, runway 34, 5,300 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; airline transport, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 5,600 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F
- Observed at: 0940

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850703036369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703036369A), Jul 3, 1985: Cessna R172K, Leadville, CO, Substantial damage. The right wing strut struck and killed a deer that had run onto the runway during the landing roll.

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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