- Date
- March 18, 1992, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N66076Cessna 172Q
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920318009139A
- Case key
- 18204
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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 prelight inspection in preparation for a local training flight, the student pilot noted damage to the left wing. Further examination found scrape marks on the left wing tip, mud on the front edge of the left aileron, and aft spar damage. The date and time of the accident could not be determined. Also undetermined was the pilot's identity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66076
- Reported as
- Cessna 172Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275960
- Airframe hours
- 3,904
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4N, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Of Denver Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Bauer, Daniel J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 86 hours before
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
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 N66076 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.