# Accident 20000627010189A: Cessna 152, Ellicott, CO, June 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2000, 13:05 local time
- Place: Ellicott, CO
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9604° N, 105.0200° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9604&lon=-105.0200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46935, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46935-2000-11-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000627010189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. G. FOLLMER WAS PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AT ELLICATT AIR FIELD (A50)WHERE HE ENTERED A THURNDERSTORM AND BECAME DISORIENTED IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS. HE RADIOED THE DENVER FLIGHT WATCH FOR ASSISTANCE.  SHORTLY AFTER, ATC RADAR DETECTED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FLAT SPIN.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## 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 DEN00FA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00FA118), Jun 27, 2000: Cessna 152 (N46935), Karval, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadvertent flight into the clouds, and his becoming spatially disorientated.

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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