- Date
- May 18, 1992, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N146ACCessna R172E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920518017279A
- Case key
- 18209
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Probable cause
The pilot did not maintain clearance and the airplane collided with a fence post.
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 on a local area personal flight the pilot made a low pass over a road. During the low pass the aircraft struck a fence post which damaged the landing gear and fuselage. The pilot noted the left main landing gear was bent and he proceeded to the nearest airport and conducted a precautionary landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N146AC
- Reported as
- Cessna R172E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R1720147
- Airframe hours
- 6,597
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Usafa Aero Club
- Registered owner
- United States Air Force
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 24, 1992 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- AFF · Usaf Academy, CO
- Destination
- 00V · Falcon, CO
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 280 total · 140 in this make and model · 180 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COS, 10 nm away
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 N146AC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.