# Incident 19891030043769I: Cessna 172F, Colorado Spring, CO, October 30, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1989, 08:35 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5254F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5254F-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891030043769I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ALLOWED NOSE TO VEER RIGHT AND RIGHT WING DROPPED . INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5254F (1)

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

- [Accident 19790217003129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790217003129A), Feb 17, 1979: Cessna 172 (N5254F), Rantoul, IL, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing. Bounced then swerved into snowbank on side off 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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