# Accident 20200318000489A: Cessna 172S, Denver, CO, March 18, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2020, 12:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- 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: N1132W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1132W) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172S (registry code 2072439, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-L2A (registry code 41597, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-l2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172S
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-L2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 104 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA128) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200318000489A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO. LANDED WITH 30 DEGREES FLAPS. RETRACTED FLAPS. APPLIED POWER. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN TO THE LEFT. REDUCED POWER. APPLIED RH RUDDER BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PREVENT EXITING RUNWAY AND COLLIDING WITH SIGN.

## 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 CEN20CA128](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20CA128), Mar 18, 2020: Cessna 172 (N1132W), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's incorrect right rudder application during a touch-and go-landing, which resulted in a loss of directional control, runway excursion, and a collision with a runway sign.

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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