Cessna 172B N6990X
19 May 1986 · Alamosa, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 May 1986 at about 16:15 local time, a Cessna 172B registered N6990X, operated by Donald L. Ecord, was involved in an accident near Alamosa, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Alamosa, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Alamosa Municipal/Bergman (ALS)
- Coordinates
- 37.4605, -105.8698
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172B
- Registration
- N6990X
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Donald L. Ecord
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- DEN86LA140
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
THE STUDENT PLT HAD SOLOED THAT MORNING. AFTER A SHORT REST PERIOD HE FLEW WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR. HE THEN FLEW A SECOND SOLO FLT. THE STUDENT PLT MADE TWO LANDINGS. ON THE THIRD APPROACH THE PLT MADE A GO-AROUND. ON THE NEXT APPROACH THE ACFT STALLED CLOSE TO THE RWY, MADE A HARD LANDING, AND OVERTURNED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 25 May 1986 | Cessna 172RG | Bridgeport, New Jersey, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 1986 | Cessna 177RG | Glenwood Spring, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Oct 1986 | Piper PA-22-160 | Fort Morgan, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Nov 1986 | Bellanca 7GCAA | Englewood, Colorado, United States | Eugene R. Berry | No injuries | - |
| 15 Nov 1986 | Cessna 120 | Peyton, Colorado, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Nov 1986 | Cessna 152 | Ellicott, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Dec 1986 | Cessna 152 | Englewood, Colorado, United States | Wings of Denver | No injuries | - |