# NTSB Accident DEN90LA024
> **CESSNA 182L** · 1989-11-22 · DOVE CREEK, CO, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN90LA024
- **Event ID:** 20001213X29782
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-11-22
- **Location:** DOVE CREEK, CO, USA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 182L
- **Registration:** N42699
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE BY THE STUDENT PILOT, HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY ALIGNMENT, AND A DELAY BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) IN INITIATING REMEDIAL ACTION, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRSPEED AND A STALL/MUSH AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OVER A CULTIVATED FIELD BESIDE THE RUNWAY.  RELATED FACTORS WERE: THE CROSSWIND AND SOFT TERRAIN.

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