Cessna 152 N25772

Summary

On 4 October 1996 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N25772, operated by Emery Aviation College, was involved in an accident near Colorado Spgs, 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.

Date

4 October 1996 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Colorado Spgs, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Colorado Springs (COS)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N25772

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Emery Aviation College

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW97LA005

Nobody was injured.

the student pilot attempting to exit the runway onto a taxiway at excessive speed. A factor was the pilot's failure to land the aircraft in the proper touchdown zone.

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

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The tower controller instructed the solo student pilot to expedite exiting the runway following landing due to jet traffic on a 4 mile final. The student attempted to exit the first available taxiway, which was over 4,000 feet from the approach end of the runway. While exiting the runway, the aircraft slid off the runway/taxiway into a ditch perpendicular to the taxiway. Performance information indicated the aircraft could have been slowed in a normal non-hazardous fashion, if the landing had been made in the first 1,500 feet of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.