Cessna 172N N5396D

Summary

On 14 July 1999 at about 00:45 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N5396D was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 July 1999 at 00:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Englewood, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Centennial Airport (APA)

Coordinates

39.5802, -104.8599

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N5396D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN99LA121

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor's failure maintain aircraft control. A factor was the inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor said that while turning downwind to base in the traffic pattern for runway 17R, he pulled the throttle out to give the student a practice engine out emergency landing. The student 'over shot the centerline, and steepened up his bank to correct back.' At the same time, the student pulled the control yoke back, and the airplane's decent rate accelerated. The flight instructor said that he 'pushed the throttle to full power and tried to level the wings.' The airplane landed hard approximately 10 feet left of the runway, and subsequently veered across the runway and off the right side.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.