ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382337
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| Date: | Sunday 27 March 1983 |
| Time: | 16:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna R172K |
| Owner/operator: | Robert Otto Holm |
| Registration: | N736CU |
| MSN: | R1722428 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 624 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aurora, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Santa Fe, NM (KSAF) |
| Aurora, CO (01V) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK DURING LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED FLT SERVICE AND ASKED ABOUTTHE RUNWAY CONDITIONS. NOTHING WAS REPORTED AND NO NOTAMS WERE POSTED. UPON ARRIVAL THE PILOT TRIED TO CONTACT UNICOM ATCOLUMBINE. SOMEONE USING CALL SIGN AURORA ANSWERED. ASSUMING COLUMBINE UNICOM WAS OUT OF SERVICE THE PILOT OVERFLEW THE FIELD FOR WIND AND TRAFFIC. HE ENTERED TRAFFIC AND LANDED AND DID NOT REALIZE THE RUNWAY WAS POORLY PLOWED UNTIL AFTER TOUCHDOWN. ONLY A NARROW PATH DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY WAS PLOWED. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN WITH THE LEFT GEAR IN THE SNOW. AS THE ACFT ROLLED THE SNOW CLOGGED THE LEFT WHEEL AND THE ACFT. SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN83LA085
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 12:54 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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