# Accident 19880427011599A: Cessna 172Q, Denver, CO, April 27, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 27, 1988, 19:51 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96299, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96299) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172Q (registry code 2072437, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172Q
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 24 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880427011599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. OVERCORRECTED. ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. NOSE GEAR HIT A KNOLL AND COLLAPSED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN88LA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA101), Apr 28, 1988: Cessna 172Q (N96299), Englewood, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N96299 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19990513005129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990513005129A), May 13, 1999: Cessna 172Q (N96299), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. Acft was on a practice IFR flight when it collided in mid-air with N5129C, a Cessna C-172 acft, N96299 has minor propeller and strut damage, N5129C has…
- [Accident 19891020043839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891020043839A), Oct 20, 1989: Cessna 172Q (N96299), Hiwasse, AR, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel 15 miles west of destination. Crashed in hilly wooded terrain.
- [Incident 19880127007099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880127007099I), Jan 27, 1988: Cessna 172Q (N96299), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. Fuel exhaustion. Landed in a field short of runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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