- Date
- October 18, 1992, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Colorado Spring, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1450UCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921018050989A
- Case key
- 18267
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Probable cause
Proper descent rate was not maintained by the pilot in command which resulted in a hard 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
While conducting her first student solo, the student experienced a hard landing which damaged the propeller, nose wheel assembly and fire wall. The accident was not reported and was discovered by the FAA during a routine inspection of a maintenance facility where the aircraft was undergoing repair.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1450U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17267117
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Peterson Afb Aero Club
- Registered owner
- Peterson Afb Aero Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 12, 1991 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- COS · Colo. Springs Municipal, runway 17, 11,021 × 150 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 1 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.