# NTSB FTW97LA005: Cessna 152, N25772, Colorado Spgs, CO, October 4, 1996 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 4, 1996, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC) - Place: Colorado Spgs, CO - Location: 38.8058° N, 104.7008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS MUNI (COS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8058&lon=-104.7008&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report February 1, 1997 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 20081 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW97LA005 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/20081/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA005 ## Probable cause the student pilot attempting to exit the runway onto a taxiway at excessive speed. A factor was the pilot's failure to land the aircraft in the proper touchdown zone. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Miscellaneous/other, landing - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - taxispeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis The tower controller instructed the solo student pilot to expedite exiting the runway following landing due to jet traffic on a 4 mile final. The student attempted to exit the first available taxiway, which was over 4,000 feet from the approach end of the runway. While exiting the runway, the aircraft slid off the runway/taxiway into a ditch perpendicular to the taxiway. Performance information indicated the aircraft could have been slowed in a normal non-hazardous fashion, if the landing had been made in the first 1,500 feet of the runway. ## Factual narrative On October 4, 1996, at 1300 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 152, N25772, operated by Emery Aviation College, sustained substantial damage during landing roll when it departed the side of the runway/taxiway at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as the student pilot attempted to exit the runway on the first taxiway after landing. The pilot was not injured during this local area student solo training flight operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91 and no flight plan was filed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed. According to both the student pilot and the tower chief, the student had been directed by the tower to expedite exiting the runway due to jet traffic on a 4 mile final. The first turn off, taxiway A2, was over 4,000 feet from the approach end of the runway. In attempting a high speed turn, the aircraft slid off the runway/taxiway into a ditch perpendicular to the taxiway. According to performance information, if the landing had been made in the landing zone (first 1,500 feet of the runway) the aircraft could have been slowed in a normal non hazardous fashion. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N25772](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25772), registered now, S/N 15280774, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 152 - Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15280774 - Airframe hours: 8060 - Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Emery Aviation College, doing business as Emery Aviation - Registered owner: Technical Trades Institute - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 25, 1996, 46 hours before - Departed: COS - Airport: COS, Colorado Springs, runway 17R, 11,021 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 19; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: COS, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19961004030979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961004030979A), Oct 4, 1996: Cessna 152, Colorado Spring, CO, Substantial damage. After landing, student pilot tried to turn the aircraft onto the taxiway, aircraft slid off runway. From the NTSB's public API. 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