Cessna 172N N6587E

Summary

On 30 July 2022 at about 15:11 local time, a Cessna 172N registered N6587E, operated by Rocky Mountain Flight School, was involved in an accident near Longmont, Colorado, United States. 2 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

30 July 2022 at 15:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Longmont, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Vance Brand Airport (LMO)

Coordinates

40.1644, -105.1636

Aircraft

Cessna 172N

Registration

N6587E

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

1

Operator

Rocky Mountain Flight School

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Broomfield → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN22LA362

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructor’s failure to properly supervise the student pilot, which resulted in a continued unstablized approach for landing, and the instructor’s delayed recovery that resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor stated that the approach during the student’s fifth landing became unstable. The airplane was near the runway edge when the instructor told the student pilot to initiate a go-around. The instructor said that full engine power was applied, but there was no major increase in thrust. The flight instructor then took the controls from the student but was unable to regain control of the airplane. The airplane then impacted the ground alongside the runway and sustained substantial damage to the wings. Postaccident examination of the airframe and testing of the engine revealed no mechanical anomalies that would have resulted in the engine not producing full power.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.