# NTSB Accident DEN99LA106
> **Cessna 172N** · 1999-06-18 · PLATTEVILLE, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN99LA106
- **Event ID:** 20001212X18984
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-06-18
- **Location:** PLATTEVILLE, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.019641, -108.069404
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N5266J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot misjudging the flare altitude, resulting in a hard landing, and his subsequent loss of aircraft control.  A factor was overload forces collapsing the nose landing gear assembly.

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