# NTSB DEN77DTE57: Cessna 182, N52599, Ft. Collins, CO, June 14, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1977
- Place: Ft. Collins, CO · FT. COLLINS, CO
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 21, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147591
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN77DTE57
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE57

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1362  77/6/14    FT. COLLINS,CO      CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1800                    N52599              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 32, 754 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            136 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT. COLLINS                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
           DUAL STUDENT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        REMARKS- STUDENT FLARED HIGH. INSTRUCTOR UNABLE TO OVER- POWER STUDENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N52599](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52599-2013-06-12), registration cancelled 2013-06-12, S/N 18262698, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (registry code 2075816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Downtown

## Other investigations on N52599 (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 DEN86FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA038), Nov 29, 1985: Cessna C-182 (N52599), Gallup, NM, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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