- Date
- September 30, 1987, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Rangley, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62938Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870930058849A
- Case key
- 17320
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his second supervised solo flight and was attempting a second landing on runway 24. The plt stated that the approach was normal and that the acft bounced on touchdown. The plt attempted to correct and the acft banked left. Power was applied for a go-around but the acft continued off the left side of the runway and the left main gear failed. The student had 0.9 hours logged as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62938
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275361
- Airframe hours
- 12
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Colorado Nw Comm. College
- Registered owner
- Rangely Jr. College District
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 25, 1987 · 2,163 hours before
- Airport
- 4VO · Rangely, runway 24, 4,500 × 75 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 37 total · 33 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.