# NTSB DEN08CA020: Cessna 172N, N1422E, Grand Junction, CO, October 24, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 24, 2007, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Coordinates: 39.122222, -108.526664
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1222&lon=-108.5267&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: FAA Flight Standards District Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 66999
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN08CA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/66999/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN08CA020

## Probable cause

the pilot's improper flare resulting in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot was asked by the control tower to make a short approach. She was high and indicating 65 mph under no-wind conditions when she crossed the runway threshold and the airplane landed hard. The airplane's firewall was buckled, the nose tire had blown, the nose strut had collapsed, and the tire rim was chipped.

## Factual narrative

According to the pilot, she was asked by the control tower to make a "short approach."  The pilot said that she was "high" and indicating 65 mph under no-wind conditions when she crossed the runway threshold and the airplane landed hard.  Post-accident examination of the airplane revealed the firewall was buckled, the nose tire had blown, the nose strut had collapsed, and the tire rim was chipped.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1422E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1422E), registered now, S/N 17270991, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17270991
- Airframe hours: 10167
- Engines: Lycoming O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Colorado Flight Center
- Registered owner: Garlin Aircraft, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 1, 2007
- Departed: GJT, Grand Junction, CO
- Destination: GJT
- Airport: GJT, Walker Field, runway 29, 10,501 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review April 1, 2007; flight hours: 332 total, 150 in this make and model, 169 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 0° at 0 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.46 inHg
- Observed at: GJT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20071024824549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071024824549A), Oct 24, 2007: Cessna 172N, Grand Junction, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On 10/24/07 at 1330 MDT a Cessna 172N, N1422E, landed hard at Grand Junction, CO (gjt). The private pilot and one passenger were not injured. The…

## Other investigations on N1422E (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 FTW94LA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94LA173), May 23, 1994: Cessna 172N (N1422E), Page, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASON. A FACTOR WAS THE LACK OF SUITABLE TERRAIN AT THE PILOT'S DISPOSAL.

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.

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