- Date
- September 11, 1990, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, CO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1241UCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900911038919A
- Case key
- 17989
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Probable cause
The dual student pilot's improper use of the aircraft power plant controls, resulted in a complete loss of engine power.
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 instructor pilot was giving training to a commercial pilot who was preparing to renew his instructor's license. The instructor was giving his student a simulated forced landing. During the descent the engine was cleared only once. When the throttle was advanced for a go-around the engine failed to respond. The aircraft landed on unsuitable terrain and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1241U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266936
- Engine
- Continental O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Vy Aviation Corporation, doing business as Aero Trng Of The Rockies, Limi
- Registered owner
- Vy Aviation Corp.
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- APA
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 180 in this make and model · 480 as pilot in command · 130 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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 N1241U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.