# Incident 20020826022809I: Cessna 172P, Colorado Spring, CO, August 26, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2002, 10:15 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Meadow Lake Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9428° N, 104.5699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MEADOW LAKE (FLY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9428&lon=-104.5699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54202, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54202-2005-06-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020826022809I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN JUST EAST OF CENTERLINE. ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RUDDER WHILE APPLYING FULL POWER. AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND STUDENT OVERCORRECTED WITH RUDDER LOSING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY ON THE EAST SIDE AND INTO THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN AIRPORT LIGHT WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BEFORE THE STUDENT PILOT REGAINED CONTROL AND TAXIED BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N54202 (1)

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

- [Accident 20030426005619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030426005619A), Apr 26, 2003: Cessna 172P (N54202), Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Student pilot landed 26, instructor took control and bounce/stalled aircraft. Nose struck the ground and the aircraft flipped over.

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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