# Accident 20120324005129A: Cessna 172P, United States A, CO, March 24, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2012, 11:15 local time
- Place: United States A, CO
- Airport: Usaf Academy Afld
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9683° N, 104.8078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9683&lon=-104.8078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97LP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97LP-2013-02-05) (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: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 60 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120324005129A

## Narrative

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

ON DEPARTURE FROM RUNWAY 34R WITH A REPORTED CROSSWIND, THE PILOT COULD NOT MAINTAIN FLIGHT AFTER TAKEOFF ROTATION. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GAIN MORE AIRSPEED WITH NOSE DOWN INPUT. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND IN THE GRASS AREA AJACENT TO RUNWAY 34R. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO ROLL TO A FULL STOP, BUT IMPENDING CONTACT WITH A HILL WAS IMMINENT, PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE AND RE-GAINED FLIGHT FOR GROUND CLEARANCE.  AIRCRAFT LEFT THE GROUND MOMENTARILY AND RECONTACTED THE GROUND HARD AND BOUNCED ONCE. SUBSEQUENT CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AFTER THE BOUNCE THE NOSEWHEEL FORK SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT OVERTURNING TAIL OVER NOSE AND COMING TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THREE PERSONS ON BOARD WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT THEMSELVES FROM THE OVERTURNED AIRPLANE. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, THE SECOND PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 CEN12CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA200), Mar 24, 2012: Cessna 172P (N97LP), Colorado Springs, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain control of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose 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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