- Date
- September 7, 1989, 16:48 local (22:48 UTC)
- Place
- Burlington, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N734VHCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890907034289A
- Case key
- 17779
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Probable cause
Improper use of the rudder by the pilot, which resulted in a loss of directional control. The soft terrain was a related factor.
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 student pilot said he inadvertently held right rudder, while taking off from a touch-and-go landing, and the aircraft ran off the right side of the runway. The airplane traveled on the grass for a short distance, then it encountered a plowed field and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N734VH
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17269145
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2ADT, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Burlington Aviation
- Departed
- 5C0
- Destination
- 5C0
- Airport
- SCO · Kit Carson City, runway 15, 5,200 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °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.
Other investigations on N734VH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.