# NTSB DEN86LA218: Cessna 172P, N55297, Albuquerque, NM, August 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1986, 18:50 local (Aug 5, 1986, 00:50 UTC)
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Coordinates: 35.149295, -106.580284 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1493&lon=-106.5803&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA218
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA218

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, dual student (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - go-around - not performed
- On ground/water collision with object, landing
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI), THE STUDENT WAS MAKING A PRACTICE LANDING WHEN A SUDDEN WINDSHIFT OCCURRED. HE RPRTD THAT WHEN THEY WERE ON THE DOWNWIND FOR THEIR 5TH LANDING, THE WIND WAS FROM THE WSW, BUT JUST BEFORE THE LANDING, IT CHANGED TO A QUARTERING TAILWIND. THE CFI TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT, BUT IT TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE MIDPOINT OF THE RWY. RPRTDLY, BRAKING WAS NOT EFFECTIVE SINCE THE WEIGHT OF THE ACFT WAS NOT ON THE GEAR. THE ACFT CONTD OFF THE END OF THE RWY & HIT A TREE. ACCORDING TO THE CFI, BEFORE TAKEOFF, THE WIND WAS FROM THE SW AT 10 KTS. APRX 9 MI SOUTH AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTL ARPT, THE 1853 MDT SPECIAL WX OBSERVATION SHOWED THAT THE WIND WAS FROM 030 DEG AT 20 GUSTING 34 KTS & THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM WITH LIGHT RAIN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N55297](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55297-1989-01-30), registration cancelled 1989-01-30, S/N 17275153 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275153
- Airframe hours: 1551
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2G 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Double Eagle Aviation
- Registered owner: Robert W. Hippe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 12, 1986, 62 hours before
- Airport: 4AC, Coronado, runway 17, 4,010 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,049 total, 240 in this make and model, 868 as pilot in command, 218 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19860804082029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860804082029A), Aug 4, 1986: Cessna 172P, Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. The aircraft ran off the end of the runway. Suspect first gust from thunderstorm caused wind shift to a tailwind.

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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