- Date
- June 6, 1990, 20:00 local (Jun 7, 1990, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Boulder, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2723ECessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 17943
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to touch down at the proper point, his misjudgment of the distance required for takeoff following the touch and go, and his delayed decision to abort the takeoff.
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 stated he was performing touch and go landings on runway 08. He had completed one landing and 'landed a bit too long' on the second. He realized he did not have enough runway remaining to takeoff and retarded the throttle and applied 'heavy' braking. The airplane rolled off the end of the runway, down an embankment and nosed over. The pilot received his private pilot certificate several days before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2723E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271306
- Airframe hours
- 2,520
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thompson, John
- Registered owner
- Gordon L Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 1990 · 78 hours before
- Airport
- 1V5 · Boulder Municipal, runway 8, 4,100 × 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
- 20
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 78 in this make and model · 27 as pilot in command · 64 in the last 90 days · 56 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 9 nm away