- Date
- July 7, 1989, 19:00 local (Jul 8, 1989, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Glenwood Spgs, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2720ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890707063469A
- Case key
- 17743
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the dual student, resulting in a loss of control and a forced landing. The pilot-in-command, CFI, failed to adequately supervise the operation.
Analysis
The commercial plt (CFI) was instructing a foreign certificated private plt with one passenger on board. The CFI said the dual student was making a short field takeoff on rwy 32, a 3,305 x 50 ft asphalt rwy, with winds reported as 030 deg at 10 KTS, gusting to 13 knots. The CFI said that at mid-field, the acft had gained 50 ft AGL altitude. He said the acft was struck by a windshear and it began to lose altitude. The CFI took the controls, lowered the nose, and elected to land straight ahead. The CFI said he 'turned off the engine' and 'added flaps.' The acft touched down with 200 feet of rwy remaining. The acft overran the rwy, went through a fence, and came to rest 300 ft off the end of rwy.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2720E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271305
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Strand Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- GWS
- Destination
- GJT · Grand Junction, CO
- Airport
- GWS · Glenwood Springs, runway 32, 3,305 × 50 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 789 total · 306 in this make and model · 643 as pilot in command · 108 in the last 90 days · 76 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 10 knots, gusting 13
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.