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Cessna R172E N7905N

30 January 2001 · Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 30 January 2001 at about 21:45 local time, a Cessna R172E registered N7905N was involved in an accident near Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States. One person was 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.

The record

Date
at 21:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Colorado Spring, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport
City of Colorado Springs Munic (COS)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna R172E
Registration
N7905N
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Colorado Spring → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
DEN01LA046

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the student pilot's inadequate compensation for the crosswind during landing roll. A contributing factor was the cross wind weather condition.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot (19 hours of flight experience) was making his second supervised solo flight. During landing roll on runway 12, the airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted a snow bank. The reported wind was 060 degrees at 16 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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