ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 295948
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| Date: | Saturday 26 April 2003 |
| Time: | 10:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | American Aviation, Inc. |
| Registration: | N54202 |
| MSN: | 17274914 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Colo. Springs, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB) |
| Colo. Springs, CO (00V) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that while making an approach to the runway, the airplane encountered wind shear. The instructor told the student pilot to go-around. The student pilot added power and the airplane climbed "just above the runway." The flight instructor said the airplane would not climb. The instructor pilot said, "The nose wheel hit a small hill on the (approach) end of the runway and flipped us over." The airplane sustained damage to the propeller, engine cowling, nose gear, firewall, and both wings. Later, after the airplane had been recovered, the instructor pilot noted that the flaps were up. The instructor pilot reported that on approach, the flaps were in the full down position. An examination of the airplane revealed no pre-existing anomalies that could have contributed to the accident. The reported winds at the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, 225 degrees at 14 nautical miles, 4 minutes after the accident occurred, were 140 degrees at 5 knots.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's failure to obtain and maintain adequate altitude during the go-around. Factors contributing to the accident were the encountered windshear, the student pilot's premature raising of the flaps, the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision, and the berm.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN03LA072
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 13-Oct-2022 14:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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