- Date
- May 19, 1986, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Alamosa, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6990XCessna 172B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860519018599A
- Case key
- 16967
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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 plt had soloed that morning. After a short rest period he flew with his instructor. He then flew a second solo flt. The student plt made two landings. On the third approach the plt made a go-around. On the next approach the acft stalled close to the rwy, made a hard landing, and overturned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6990X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17247890
- Airframe hours
- 4,277
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. Ecord, doing business as Mountain View Airmotive
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 29, 1986 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- ALS · Alamosa Municipal/Bergman, runway 20, 8,500 × 100 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 8 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.