# Accident 20220730013619A: Cessna 172N, Longmont, CO, July 30, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2022, 09:11 local time
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Airport: Vance Brand Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1644° N, 105.1636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1644&lon=-105.1636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6587E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6587E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 1,151 total, 339 in this make and model, 299 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN22LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA362) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220730013619A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KBJC AT APPROXIMATELY 08:30 MDT FOR KLMO (19 MILES NORTH) TO PRACTICE LANDINGS AND TAKE OFFS. PIC, STUDENT AND FULL FUEL ON BOARD. WINDS CALM, SKY CLEAR, TEMP 22°C, ALT 30.20. PIC NOTED THAT ON THE 5TH LANDING APPROACH TO RWY 29 (60 KTS, 40 DEGREE FLAPS), THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO THE RIGHT OF C/L AND AT APPROX. 5? FROM RWY EDGE AND 15? AGL, PIC CALLED FOR GO AROUND. STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER. PIC THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT LACKED POWER AND VERIFIED THAT THROTTLE WAS WIDE OPEN. AIRCRAFT BEGAN VERY SLOW CLIMB AND PIC BEGAN REDUCING FLAPS FROM 40 DEGREES BUT THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK INTO GROUND EFFECT. PIC THEN DECLARED HE HAS CONTROL AND RETRACTED FLAPS TO 20 DEG. BUT THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FURTHER AND CRASHED. AIRPORT VIDEO SHOWS THAT WHILE STILL FLYING OVER THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE AND SHOWED FLAPS EXTENDED UNTIL JUST BEFORE CRASHING. IT ALSO SHOWS THAT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT THEN ROLLED LEFT TO WINGS LEVEL THEN ROLLED SHARPLY RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SPUN TO THE RIGHT AND THEN THE LEFT WING HIT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED ABOUT 12-13 METERS WEST OF RWY 29,  APPROX. 400 METERS FROM THE END OF RWY 29 AND APPROX. AT A 30 DEGREE HEADING. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR, LEFT LANDING GEAR, ENGINE COWL, WING TIPS, LEFT WING, PILOT DOOR FRAME AND FUSELAGE. PIC AND STUDENT REPORTED NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN22LA362](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN22LA362), Jul 30, 2022: Cessna 172N (N6587E), Longmont, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s failure to properly supervise the student pilot, which resulted in a continued unstablized approach for landing, and the instructor’s delayed recovery that resulted in a loss…

## Other reports on N6587E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20200701005339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200701005339I), Jul 1, 2020: Cessna 172N (N6587E), Broomfield, CO, Minor damage. On July 01, 2020, at approximately 08:01 local time, N6587E encountered a crosswind landing situation. The student pilot on his fourth solo flight was unable…

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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