# Accident 20081024850189A: Cessna 172P, Denver, CO, October 24, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 2008, 11:12 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9089° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9089&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64055, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64055-2013-07-01) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 195 total, 195 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081024850189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 24 OCTOBER 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:12, N64055, A CESSNA 172P CRASHED ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 29L AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (BJC), BROOMFIELD COLORADO, THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 29R AND ON THE BASE LEG WAS DIRECTED TO LAND ON 29L.  WINDS AT THE TIME WERE 030 AT 12 KNOTS.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AND AFTER BOUNCING ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TURNED ALMOST 270 DEGREES.  THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED LEFT WING AND NOSE FIRST INTO THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 29L.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALED AND THE SINGLE PILOT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL.  INTERVIEWS WITH TWO PILOTS REPORTED GUSTY AND SQUIRRELLY WIND CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN09LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA035), Oct 24, 2008: Cessna 172 (N64055), Broomfield, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane, resulting in an inadvertent stall, during a landing attempt. Contributing to the accident was the gusty crosswinds.

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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