# Accident 19881128053949A: Cessna STC150, Fairplay, CO, November 28, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 28, 1988
- Place: Fairplay, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2243° N, 105.9984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairplay, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2243&lon=-105.9984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1464Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1464Q-1993-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC150
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 94 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN89FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA038) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881128053949A

## Narrative

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

FOUND WRECKAGE NEXT DAY AFTER DAY OF FLIGHT. VERTICAL IMPACT. SNOW AND STRONG WIND IN AREA. LOST CONTROL IN IMC.

## 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 DEN89FA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA038), Nov 28, 1988: Cessna 150L (N1464Q), Fairplay, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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