Cessna 172P N6174K

Summary

On 19 April 1998 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N6174K was involved in an accident near Longmont, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

19 April 1998 at 23:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Vance Brand Municipal (2V2)

Coordinates

39.9900, -105.0895

Aircraft

Cessna 172P

Registration

N6174K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sterling → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98LA188

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot inadvertently stalling the aircraft during the landing touchdown. Factors were a crosswind and the pilot's lack of total flight experience.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While on final approach to land at Vance Brand Municipal Airport, the wind was a 10 to 15 knot left crosswind. As the student pilot (he had a total of 53 hours of flight time) started to flare, he got blown off the runway centerline to the right, then to the left. The stall warning went off, and he pitched the nose down in an attempt to build airspeed. When he pitched the nose back up to gain altitude, the stall warning went off again, and the aircraft stalled. The aircraft departed the left side of the runway into the grass. The airplane impacted the ground, separating the nose landing gear, bending the fuselage, and damaging both wings, the engine mount, and the firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.