- Date
- November 15, 1986, 07:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3004NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861115058429A
- Case key
- 17150
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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
NC3004N, registered to the plt, ground looped during takeoff in a right quartering tailwind, with a check plt aboard. The plt said that upon rotation he elected to abort the flt. He abruptly reduced the power, the acft settled to the ground and ground looped. The left gear struck a knoll and collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3004N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13262
- Airframe hours
- 4,979
- Engine
- Continental C85-F12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert C. Hewitt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1986 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 00V · Peyton, CO
- Airport
- OOV · Falcon-Meadow Lake, runway 15, 4,150 × 35 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 322 total · 150 in this make and model · 258 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 24 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.