- Date
- February 28, 1993, 17:00 local (Mar 1, 1993, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Broomfield, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4908GCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930228003899A
- Case key
- 18274
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Probable cause
Rudder control interference.
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
This was the student pilot's first supervised solo flight. The first takeoff and landing was satisfactory. On the second approach to landing, the pilot noted a slight left quartering headwind and corrected. When the airplane touched down, the pilot's right high top laced boot became jammed between the rudder pedal and the floor carpeting. In his attempt to extricate his foot, the pilot lost directional control, the airplane went off the side of the runway, and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4908G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273455
- Airframe hours
- 3,290
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Of Denver Flying Club, doing business as Air West Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Gladiator Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 11, 1993 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- BJC
- Destination
- BJC
- Airport
- BJC · Jefferson County, runway 11, 9,000 × 100 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
- 27
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 6 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.