# Accident 20090627013189A: Cessna 172P, Colorado Sprin, CO, June 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2009, 11:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Sprin, CO
- Airport: Usaf Academy Afld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9697° N, 104.8128° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9697&lon=-104.8128&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52298, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52298-2012-02-06) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,519 total, 3 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA459) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090627013189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2009 AT 11:30 MDT AIRCRAFT N52298, A CESSNA 172P SERIAL NUMBER 17274489 CRASHED WHILE INITIATING A GO-AROUND AFTER AN ABORTED LANDING.  ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHILE IN FLARE TO LAND, THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY NORMALLY.  WHEN THE AIRPLANE FLOATED PAST THE PLANNED TOUCHDOWN ZONE A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED.  WITH FULL THROTTLE AND PITCH ATTITUDE SELECTED FOR CLIMB OUT, THE STALL WARNING HORN CAME ON.  THE PILOT LOWERED THE PITCH AND RETRACTED FLAPS FROM 40-20 DEGREES, AT THIS POINT THE AIRPLANE STALLED AND THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, FIRE WALL, WIND SCREEN, AND NOSE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 CEN09CA459](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA459), Jun 27, 2009: Cessna 172P (N52298), Usafa, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a safe flying airspeed resulting in an inadvertent stall during the go-around.

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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