# NTSB Accident DEN00LA129
> **Cessna 172N** · 2000-06-30 · DURANGO, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00LA129
- **Event ID:** 20001212X21217
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-06-30
- **Location:** DURANGO, CO, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N4642J
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot prematurely flaring the airplane for landing, resulting in a hard landing, followed by an inadvertent pilot-induced porpoise and loss of directional control.  A factor was the fence.

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