# NTSB Accident DEN02LA086
> **Cessna 172N** · 2002-07-31 · Fort Collins, CO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN02LA086
- **Event ID:** 20020808X01331
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-07-31
- **Location:** Fort Collins, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.650505, -105.030288
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172N
- **Registration:** N5088K
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the student pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and subsequent inadvertent stall/mush into terrain during a soft field take off.  Contributing factors include the pilot's lack of experience and the high density altitude conditions.

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