- Date
- January 15, 1992, 18:45 local (Jan 16, 1992, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N65513Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920115000619A
- Case key
- 18191
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control when the student pilot inadvertently activated the brakes during takeoff roll. Inadequate supervision by the certified flight instructor was 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
While conducting a simulated soft field touch and go, the student pilot lost control of the aircraft by improperly using the brakes. The certified flight instructor, who had not previously instructed in the Cessna 172, took control of the aircraft as it became airborne while departing the side of the runway. The aircraft stuck runway lights and a taxiway sign and settled into soft snow beside the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65513
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275768
- Airframe hours
- 4,381
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- P.C. Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Dennis Ruffin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 20, 1991 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 17, 7,003 × 77 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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,598 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,620 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 140° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N65513 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.