ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 133415
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| Date: | Wednesday 27 July 1994 |
| Time: | 09:18 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | P.c. Flyers, Inc. |
| Registration: | N739VN |
| MSN: | 17270842 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2480 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Englewood, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PLANNING TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. HE SAID HIS LANDING APPROACH WAS NORMAL. AS HE FLARED FOR THE LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO CLIMB SO HE ADDED POWER TO AVOID STALLING. THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED CLIMBING AND THE STALL WARNING HORN SOUNDED. THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT HE APPLIED FULL POWER AND REMEMBERED THE AIRPLANE DRIFTING LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: AN INADVERTENT STALL. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE FLARE.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA251
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 November 1990 | N739VN | Mistwood Aviation Inc. | 0 | Fort Scott, KS | |
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| 4 August 2002 | N739VN | Aspen Flight Center, Inc. | 0 | Sidney, Nebraska | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2016 19:26 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 10-Apr-2024 05:44 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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