- Date
- January 4, 1989, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N96319Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890104000209A
- Case key
- 17659
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Probable cause
Failure of the student pilot to maintain proper runway alignment during the landing roll. Factors related to the accident were: snow on the edges of the runway, the student's lack of total experience, and the snowbank.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt landed on rwy 29 (4200 x 60 ft) in calm wind conditions. He stated that during the landing, the acft veered to the left, encountered a snowdrift & subsequently nosed over. Also, he rprtd that about 6 to 8 ft of the runway was still covered with snow at the edges. He believed that plowing the full width of the runway may have helped prevent the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96319
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17276056
- Airframe hours
- 2,772
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Denver Air Center
- Registered owner
- Warner W. Tyler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 6, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Denver, CO
- Destination
- 2V2
- Airport
- 2V2 · Longmont, runway 29, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
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