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| Date: | Wednesday 28 January 2004 |
| Time: | 09:15 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N70256 |
| MSN: | 17267199 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jeffersonville, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Louisville, KY (LOU) |
| Jeffersonville, IN (JVY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane landed on a closed runway and struck a ridge of snow and ice collapsing the nose landing gear. There were no mechanical difficulties with respect to the airplane. The runway had been closed and a Notice to Airmen had been issued.
Probable Cause: The pilot selecting a closed runway for landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear. Factors were the pilot's failure to obtain NOTAM information and the snowbank across the closed runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20040211X00182&key=1
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Mar-2015 16:25 | Noro | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ] |
| 07-Dec-2017 17:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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