Pilot Debrief

CESSNA 172N near Englewood, CO — 2022-04-19

Final reportCEN22LA179
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Date
2022-04-19
Location
Englewood, CO, USA
Airport
KAPA
Aircraft
CESSNA 172N
Registration
N711DA
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision of the student pilot and the student pilot’s loss of directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.

NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that during landing, the student pilot was the pilot flying. The airplane touched down and immediately veered to the right. The student pilot attempted to correct with left rudder, but the airplane continued to veer to the right. The flight instructor then took the controls and stated she heard a “rumbling noise” coming from the nose wheel area of the airplane. The airplane exited the right side of the runway and impacted a taxiway sign coming to a rest in a ditch. The nosewheel strut, right main landing gear and horizontal stabilizer were substantially damaged. A postaccident visual examination of the brakes, nosewheel steering, and flight controls revealed no abnormalities or defects that would have precluded normal operation.

NTSB coding

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