Accident · 1999-09-03
What the record says
- Event date
- 1999-09-03
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- No injuries
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172P (N62740)
- Operating rule
- Part 91
- Operator
- Wings of Denver Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- WINGS OF DENVER
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the flare for landing/touchdown phase of flight. A factor was a ditch off the side of the runway.
Source: NTSB case DEN99LA159Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.