- Date
- October 5, 1992, 08:42 local (14:42 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5884ECessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921005041069A
- Case key
- 18255
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to maintain directional control during landing roll. A factor was excessive airspeed during landing.
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
During final approach, the student pilot positioned the aircraft low and fast for touch down. Following a fast landing, the aircraft departed the side of the runway into a field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5884E
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17271951
- Airframe hours
- 5,025
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John D. Burrington, doing business as Denver Aircraft Leasing
- Registered owner
- Denver Aircraft Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1992 · 31 hours before
- Departed
- COS · Colorado Spring, CO
- Destination
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Centennial, runway 28, 4,903 × 62 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 170 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 33 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 34 °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.