ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296552
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| Date: | Sunday 6 October 2002 |
| Time: | 09:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Aspen Flying Club |
| Registration: | N65312 |
| MSN: | 17275728 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8831 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Broomfield, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) |
| Denver-Centennial Airport, CO (APA/KAPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was unfamiliar with the airport and asked ground control for directions to transient parking. She was directed to an area southeast of the control tower, but the ramp was full. The pilot said her husband was talking and directing her. She asked him to be quiet but he kept talking. During the "spirited discussion," the pilot lost focus and concentration, and misjudged her relative position to a steel light post near a building. The pilot also said the sun was in her eyes. The airplane's left wing struck a pole, damaging the leading edge just outboard of the lift strut, and crushing the aft spar.
Probable Cause: the pilot misjudging the clearance between the airplane and a fixed object during taxi. Contributing factors were the pilot's attention being diverted and sunglare.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA003
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 April 2000 | N65312 | Private | 0 | FORT COLLINS, Colorado | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Oct-2022 07:58 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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