ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 368559
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1989 |
| Time: | 18:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Dakota Ridge Aviation |
| Registration: | N80893 |
| MSN: | 17266791 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-E2D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boulder, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (1V5) |
| (1V5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND A PRIVATE RATED DUAL STUDENT WERE PERFORMING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. THE CFI SAID THE DUAL STUDENT MADE SEVERAL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON RWY 26L, WITH WINDS ESTIMATED BY THE CFI AS BEING FROM 270 DEG AT 15 GUSTING 25 KTS. THE CFI REPORTED THAT DURING THE LAST TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT WAS ANGLED TO THE LEFT. THE PLANE DEPARTED THE RWY TO THE LEFT AND THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK A RWY LIGHT, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.
Probable Cause: INADEQUATE COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS BY THE (PRIVATE RATED) DUAL STUDENT AND HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE, AND INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI). A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITON.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN89LA143
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 November 1991 | N80893 | Dakota Ridge Aviation | 0 | Boulder, CO | |
sub |
| 6 February 1995 | N80893 | Dakota Ridge Aviation, Inc. | 0 | Boulder, CO | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 23-Mar-2024 19:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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