# Accident 19990618042959A: Cessna 172N, Platteville, CO, June 18, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1999, 16:00 local time
- Place: Platteville, CO
- Airport: Kugel-Strong Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.0196° N, 108.0694° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0196&lon=-108.0694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5266J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5266J-2008-03-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990618042959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. RECK  STATED HE WAS MAKING SHORT AND SOFT LANDING AT 27V. AFTER SUCCESSFUL FIRST LANDING, SECOND LANDING BOUNCED 3 TIMES. AT THE THIRD BOUNCE, THE NOSE WHEEL FORK BROKE OFF, THEN THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE A/C STOPPED.                                                         (.19) ON JUNE 18, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1600 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, N5266J, A CESSNA 172N, REGISTERED TO KLM AIRCRAFT AND OPERATED BY THE AIMS COMMUNITY COLLEGE, BOTH OF GREELEY, COLORADO, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE LANDING AT PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD, WAS NOT INJURED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT BEING CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT GREELEY APPROXIMATELY 1530.                                                ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S ACCIDENT REPORT, HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING CHANDELLES AND LAZY 8S WHEN HE DECIDED TO LAND AT KUGEL STRONG AIRPORT, NEAR PLATTEVILLE, COLORADO.  HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 15, TURNED AROUND AT THE END OF THE RUN                                                                            WAY AND TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY33. HE REMAINED IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING ANOTHER LANDING. THE PILOT SAID THE TOUCHDOWN WAS "FIRM". THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A HALT, DAMAGING THE RIGHT WING EXTENSIVELY.

## 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 DEN99LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA106), Jun 18, 1999: Cessna 172N (N5266J), Platteville, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot misjudging the flare altitude, resulting in a hard landing, and his subsequent loss of aircraft control. A factor was overload forces collapsing the nose landing gear assembly.

## Other reports on N5266J (2)

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

- [Accident 19880725063019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880725063019A), Jul 25, 1988: Cessna 172N (N5266J), Gillette, WY, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact broke off the nose wheel fork. Aircraft skidded, more 180 before stopping.
- [Accident 19820510014289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820510014289A), May 10, 1982: Cessna 172N (N5266J), Sturgis, SD, Substantial damage. Pilot taxiing for takeoff made turn into wind and aircraft flipped over on its back.

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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