# Accident 20010815025469A: Cessna 172N, Colorado Spring, CO, August 15, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2001, 14:50 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0305° N, 104.4791° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0305&lon=-104.4791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733BW-2002-03-29) (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 DEN01LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA147) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010815025469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 15, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 1450 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 172N, N733BW, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED FOLLOWING IMPACT WITH TERRAIN IN AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT AT MEADOW LAKE AIRPORT, PEYTON, COLORADO. THE STUDENT PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT ABOARD THE AIRPLANE, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. AMERICAN AVIATION, INC., OF PEYTON, COLORADO, WAS OPERATING THE AIRPLANE UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL SOLO INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE STUDENT WAS FLYING HIS THIRD SOLO FLIGHT WHEN, UPON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 33, A GUST OF WIND BLEW HIS AIRCRAFT OFF COURSE. THE STUDENT DECIDED TO MAKE A GO AROUND AND APPLIED POWER ALONG WITH ADJUSTING HIS FLAPS - WHICH HE ADMITTED HE DID TOO RAPIDLY. THE AIRCRAFT WENT INOT A NOSE UP ATTITUDE, STALLED AT APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET, NOSED OVER AND IMPACTED THE TERRAIN, STRIKING THE ENGINE AND LEFT WING STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, RIGHT WING AND THE FUSELAGE. THE STUDENT HAD A BROKEN COLLAR BONE, FRACTURED CHEEK BONES AND SEVERAL FACIAL LACERATIONS.

## 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 DEN01LA147](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA147), Aug 15, 2001: Cessna 172N (N733BW), Peyton, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper go-around procedure and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed which resulted in an inadvertent stall. A factor was the pilot's lack of total experience.

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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