# NTSB DEN88LA211: Cessna 172Q, N66076, Broomfield, CO, September 19, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1988, 19:30 local (Sep 19, 1988, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Location: 39.9088° N, 105.1172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO (BJC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9088&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA211
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17546/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA211

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - wind information - disregarded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, taxi

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N66076](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66076-2013-04-30), registration cancelled 2013-04-30, S/N 17275960, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 172Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172q) (registry code 2072437) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275960
- Airframe hours: 2022
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880918046889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880918046889A), Sep 18, 1988: Cessna 172Q, Denver, CO, Destroyed. Taxiing toward tiedown area wind gusts blew aircraft over, NTSB determined this was an incident not an accident.

## Other investigations on N66076 (3)

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.

- [NTSB DEN02LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA033), Mar 16, 2002: Cessna 172Q (N66076), Fruitland, UT, destroyed. Probable cause: the 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 DEN01LA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA120), Jul 3, 2001: Cessna 172Q (N66076), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing. A contributing factor were the adverse wind conditions.
- [NTSB DEN92LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN92LA043), Mar 18, 1992: Cessna 172Q (N66076), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: UNDETERMINED.

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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