- Date
- April 27, 1988, 19:51 local (Apr 28, 1988, 01:51 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96299Cessna 172Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880427011599A
- Case key
- 17465
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Directional control - not maintainedFactor
Raising of flaps - prematureCause
Fatigue(flight schedule)Factor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose down
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96299
- Reported as
- Cessna 172Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276054
- Airframe hours
- 2,400
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4N, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Merry L Disney
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 23, 1988 · 85 hours before
- Departed
- GLD · Goodland, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 28, 4,900 × 60 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 90 total · 24 in this make and model · 49 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N96299 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN99FA077Accident · No injuriesField investigationFinal reportGreeley, COFailure of both the pilot receiving instruction and the flight instructor to maintain a visual lookout. A factor was the failure of the other pilot to maintain a visual lookout.NTSB MKC90LA011Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHiwasse, ARThe pilot's failure to properly plan the flight and insure that there was sufficient fuel to complete the flight. The pilot also failed to monitor the fuel level during the flight.