- Date
- October 17, 1988, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N53949Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881017046469A
- Case key
- 17631
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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 pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings in a 15 kt crosswind condition in an acft in which he had 8 hrs experience. During takeoff roll after the sixth landing the plt lost control and the acft departed the side of the rnwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53949
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274834
- Airframe hours
- 4,984
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Of Denver
- Registered owner
- Fred Hegel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 1, 1988 · 26 hours before
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 35L, 7,000 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 84 total · 8 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.