- Date
- December 21, 1991, 12:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Yuma, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N455FLPiper PA-28-140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911221059259A
- Case key
- 18186
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. Factors were: an improper flare and lack of total flight time.
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
While conducting a touch-and-go landing during a solo training flight, the student pilot flared high and then initiated a go around prior to touching down. As power was added, the pilot lost control of the aircraft which touched down approximately 100 feet off the side of the runway and struck a cattle fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N455FL
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7125250
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Training Of The Rockies
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Destination
- AKO · Akron, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 2V6 · Yuma Municipal, runway 17, 1,700 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 35 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 30 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.