- Date
- August 18, 1985, 18:35 local (Aug 19, 1985, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Aurora, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9880VCessna 172 M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16752
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was attempting to land on runway 14. He executed a go-around because the aircraft was not aligned with the runway. The pilot applied full power and raised the flaps. Because of the flap switch design, when the pilot put the flap switch in the up position, the flaps raised to the full up position. The pilot stated that he diverted his attention from raising the flaps, settled to the ground and collided with a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9880V
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264543
- Airframe hours
- 2,914
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Petroroyal Corporration
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Airport
- O1V · Aurora, runway 14, 5,200 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 20 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 10 nm away
Other investigations on N9880V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.