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DEN83LA074

1983-03-09 · COLORADO SPGS, Colorado, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport AFF

N5434K has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 560XL, built 2003), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT MADE A STEEP AND FAST APPROACH TO LAND AND BOUNCED, LANDING HARD ON THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN A SECOND TIME, IN A LEFT DRIFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE LEFT GEAR WENT INTO A SNOWBANK AND THE PILOT ADDED POWER TO TRY TO GET CLEAR BUT THE NOSE GEAR HIT THE SNOW AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN83LA074.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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