- Date
- July 5, 2026, 11:38 local (17:38 UTC)
- Place
- Peyton, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N452VCValerie Westedt Zenith Zodiac 650B
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20260705009709A
- Case key
- 203318
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N452VC
- Reported as
- Valerie Westedt Zenith Zodiac 650B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 65-8452
- Built
- 2015
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Airport
- FLY · Meadow Lake Airport
N452VCRegistered now · Valerie Westedt ZENITH ZODIAC 650BAirframe modelValerie Westedt ZENITH ZODIAC 650BEngine modelUlpower 350I
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.34 inHg
- Observed at
- KFLY
- METAR
- METAR KFLY 051735Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 28/07 A3034 RMK AO2 T02770073
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 N452VC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.