- Date
- October 23, 1990, 10:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Buena Vista, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2665LCessna 172H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901023046969A
- Case key
- 18051
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to flare properly during landing. The pilot's total lack of experience is a 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
A student pilot made a hard landing on runway 15. According to the flight instructor who was supervising this solo flight, the plane made a hard landing, porposied, and departed the runway to the left. The plane went down a five foot embankment, nosed over, and came to rest inverted off the east side of the runway. Both wings spars the fuselage and the vertical stabilizer were damaged. The flight information publication airport directory warns of a five foot drop along the east edge of the runway. The investigation revealed that the plane touched down well left of the center line, and the nose wheel impacted hard enough to break the wheel rim, blow out the tire and tube and made steering difficult. Calm winds prevailed during the entire accident sequence. There were no injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2665L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17255865
- Engine
- Continental O-300-D, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Arkansas Valley Aviation
- Airport
- 7V1 · Buena Vista, runway 15, 9,000 × 48 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- 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 N2665L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.