ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296866
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 2002 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N |
| Owner/operator: | The Pilot Center |
| Registration: | N5088K |
| MSN: | 17273959 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8547 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Collins, Colorado -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | FT Collins, CO (3V5) |
| (3V5) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot had just finished practicing several soft field take offs and landings with an instructor and was on his first solo flight of the day. After taxing to the end of runway, he pulled the yoke back all the way, and added full power. Following rotation, the airplane came straight up in a 45-degree incline. At approximately 20 feet in the air, the airplane drifted off to the right of the runway, struck the ground with its left wing tip, bounced up and then it struck the ground a second time. The ground impact collapsed and sheered off the nose landing gear, buckled the firewall, and bent the outboard 4 feet of the right wing spar.
Probable Cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and subsequent inadvertent stall/mush into terrain during a soft field take off. Contributing factors include the pilot's lack of experience and the high density altitude conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02LA086
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 11:42 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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