20050619016479A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Hudson, CO · June 19, 2005

Date
June 19, 2005 · 12:45 local
Place
Hudson, CO
Airport
Platte Valley Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N733RL
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN05LA093
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total90 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Apparently, during the briefing by the instructor on approach, the pilot thought he was to make a full stop landing but the instructor had intended for him to make a touch & go. During the landing roll the instructor asked the pilot if he was making a touch & go which the pilot responded by applying "takeoff power", but neither pilot remembered the carburetor heat. Subsequently the instructor decided to take the controls as they were approaching the end of the short runway. After becoming airborne the instructor realized they were not climbing normally and noticed they had full flaps. He retracted the flaps normally but with the loss of lift the airplane settled beyond the end of the runway and contacted soft sandy soil which caused the airplane to flip over onto its back and come to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) APPARENTLY, DURING THE BRIEFING BY THE INSTRUCTOR ON APPROACH, THE PILOT THOUGHT HE WAS TO MAKE A FULL STOP LANDING BUT THE INSTRUCTOR HAD INTENDED FOR HIM TO MAKE A TOUCH & GO. DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE INSTRUCTOR ASKED THE PILOT IF HE WAS MAKING A TOUCH & GO WHICH THE PILOT RESPONDED BY APPLYING "TAKEOFF POWER", BUT NEITHER PILOT REMEMBERED THE CARBURETOR HEAT. SUBSEQUENTLY THE INSTRUCTOR DECIDED TO TAKE THE CONTROLS AS THEY WERE APPROACHING THE END OF THE SHORT RUNWAY. AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THEY WERE NOT CLIMBING NORMALLY AND NOTICED THEY HAD FULL FLAPS. HE RETRACTED THE FLAPS NORMALLY BUT WITH THE LOSS OF LIFT THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED SOFT SANDY SOIL WHICH CAUSED THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP OVER ONTO ITS BACK AND COME TO A STOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.