- Date
- September 8, 1998, 08:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40SRCessna 172M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980908022599A
- Case key
- 43889
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Factors were the runway light and the terrain conditions.
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
The pilot was making touch and go landings on runway 17R (10,001 ft. x 100 ft., asphalt) in calm wind conditions. After the airplane touched down, he applied brakes and the airplane veered to the right side of the runway, 'either because of uneven brake application, or wind gust, or combination [of the two].' As the airplane departed the right side of the runway, the pilot applied power in an attempt to regain control. The airplane struck a runway light, severing the nose landing gear, then went down an embankment and came to a halt on uneven terrain.
Factual narrative
On September 8, 1998, approximately 0840 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 172M, N40SR, was substantially damaged when it collided with terrain while landing at Centennial Airport, Englewood, Colorado. The student pilot, the sole occupant aboard, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the instructional flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 91. The local training flight originated at 0710.
According to the pilot's accident report, he was making touch and go landings on runway 17R (10,001 ft. x 100 ft., asphalt) in calm wind conditions. After the airplane touched down, he applied brakes and the airplane veered to the right side of the runway, "either because of uneven brake application, or wind gust, or combination [of the two]." As the airplane departed the right side of the runway, the pilot applied power in an attempt to regain control. The airplane struck a runway light, severing the nose landing gear. The airplane went down an embankment and came to a halt on uneven terrain. According to the insurance adjuster, the airframe was compromised to the extent that repairs were not economically feasible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40SR
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17262712
- Airframe hours
- 7,031
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven R. Nefe
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 21, 1998
- Departed
- APA
- Airport
- APA · Centennial Airport, runway 17R, 10,001 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.