ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357431
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 May 1996 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K |
| Owner/operator: | Glenwood Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N79212 |
| MSN: | 17257966 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3257 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-A4M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leadville, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Glenwood Spgs, CO |
| (KLXV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was nearing the completion of a cross-country flight. During the landing rollout on the runway 16, the airplane encountered a gust of wind and exited the side of the runway. The airplane subsequently struck a snow bank which sheared off the nose landing gear causing the plane to nose over. The pilot reported that he had 125.8 hours of total flight experience, with 2.7 total hours in the accident airplane make and model of which 1.3 hours were as pilot-in-command. Wind at the time was from 220 at 10 knots with gusts to 21.
Probable Cause: the pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind conditions and to maintain directional control. Factors were: the gusting cross wind and the pilot's lack of total experience in make and model of aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA203
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Mar-2024 17:48 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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