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DEN83LA161

1983-07-07 · COLORADO SPRING, Colorado, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport COS

N65236 has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (CESSNA 182T, built 2004), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

ACCORDING TO THE PLT THE ACFT WAS CLEARED FOR A TOUCH & GO LANDING TO RWY 17 AND WHEN DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE THRESHOLD OF RWY 17 ON THE DOWNWIND LEG WAS RE-CLEARED FOR TOUCH & GO'S TO RWY 12. THE APPROACH TO RWY 12 WAS STEEP, TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED MID-POINT OF THE THE RWY AND A GO-AROUND WAS ABORTED WHEN THE PLT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT CLEAR THE BUILDING AT PATTERSON AFB. HE STATED, 'I CUT THE POWER AND DROPPED THE PLANE ON THE GROUND. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_DEN83LA161.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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