- Date
- September 18, 1988, 19:30 local (Sep 19, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N66076Cessna 172Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880918046889A
- Case key
- 17546
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.
On ground/water encounter with weather
Weather condition - gustsCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Weather condition - tailwindCause
Wind information - disregardedFactor
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66076
- Reported as
- Cessna 172Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275960
- Airframe hours
- 2,022
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4N, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald & Sharon Straley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1988
- Departed
- SPF · Spearfish, SD
- Destination
- BJC
- Airport
- BJC · Jeffco, runway 29, 7,498 × 100 ft, asphalt
N66076Registration cancelled Apr 30, 2013 · Cessna 172QAirframe modelCessna 172QEngine modelLycoming O&VO-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
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 100 total · 43 in this make and model · 47 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 330° at 28 knots, gusting 50
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N66076 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN02LA033Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFruitland, UTthe pilot's failure to apply carburetor heat. Contributing factors included carburetor icing conditions, the unavailability of suitable terrain on which to make a forced landing, and night conditions.NTSB DEN01LA120Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEnglewood, COthe pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing. A contributing factor were the adverse wind conditions.NTSB DEN92LA043Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportEnglewood, COUndetermined.