- Date
- December 20, 1985, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7609FCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851220063339A
- Case key
- 16904
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the student plt he made a normal apch to landing. The runway had not been cleared of snow to its full width. The acft's left wheel touched the snow pulling the acft off the rwy and the acft flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7609F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273267
- Airframe hours
- 1,206
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rainbow Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 18, 1985
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Longmont Municipal, runway 29, 4,200 × 60 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 35 total · 35 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 27 °F
- Observed at
- 2V2
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.