Cessna 172M N13620

Summary

On 9 March 1983 at about 15:15 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N13620 was involved in an accident near Leadville, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

9 March 1983 at 15:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Leadville, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Leadville (LKV)

Coordinates

39.2393, -106.2896

Aircraft

Cessna 172M

Registration

N13620

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Canon City → Leadville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN83LA073

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CESSNA 172 COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK DURING LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE WEATHER WAS VMC WITH LIGHT WINDS FROM 20 DEGREES AT 3 KTS. ONE INCH OF FRESH SNOW WAS COVERING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SAID HE FLEW THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND TOUCHED DOWN 150 YARDS PAST THE NUMBERS. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT SKIDDED TO THE LEFT FOR ABOUT 100 YARDS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT HE APPLIED BRAKES AND RIGHT RUDDER TO NO AVAIL. WHEN HE APPLIED POWER THE ACFT STRAIGHTENED BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. THE LEFT LANDING GEAR WENT INTO A SNOW BANK AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER THE PILOT RECEIVED HIS PRIVATE CERTIFICATE 3 MONTHS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AND HAD ABOUT 90 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.