# Accident 19870523015849A: Cessna 152, Denver, CO, May 23, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1987, 13:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9392° N, 105.0606° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9392&lon=-105.0606&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89834, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89834-1994-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN87LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870523015849A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAXIING TO PARK. GUST OF WIND LIFTED WING. PUSHED OFF TAXIWAY. NOSED OVER IN A DITCH AND CULVERT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN87LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA132), May 23, 1987: Cessna 152 (N89834), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N89834 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19900501018299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900501018299A), May 1, 1990: Cessna 152 (N89834), Longmont, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Low and slow on final. Encountered windshear began climbing turn go around. Struck trees. Windshear indications.
- [Incident 19880413016839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880413016839I), Apr 13, 1988: Cessna 152 (N89834), Syracuse, NY. Had a rattle noise outside of the aircraft. Returned. Found excess seat belt was hanging outside of cockpit.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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