# NTSB DEN87LA249: Cessna 172P, N62938, Rangley, CO, September 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 30, 1987, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place: Rangley, CO
- Coordinates: 40.080875, -108.769424 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0809&lon=-108.7694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 29, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17320
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17320/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA249

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62938), registered now, S/N 17275361, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275361
- Airframe hours: 12
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870930058849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870930058849A), Sep 30, 1987: Cessna 172P, Rangley, CO, Substantial damage. Student pilot on second solo lost control after landing in a crab angle and bouncing, then left the runway.

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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