- Date
- August 9, 1983, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N52456Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830809039749A
- Case key
- 21007
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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.
In flight collision with object
Precautionary landing - simulatedFactor
Altitude - misjudgedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Object - tree(s)Factor
Analysis
During a pre-solo flt, the flt instructor (CFI) asked the student to make a simulated forced landing apch to a road. The student made the apch, but while he was making a go-around maneuver, the acft's right wing tip collided with a tree on a rise in the terrain. The acft continued to fly & was landed without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52456
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274530
- Airframe hours
- 640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nicholas A. Drsini
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 23, 1983 · 40 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,100 total · 700 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.