# Accident 20041114028889A: Cessna 152, Lyons, CO, November 14, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2004, 10:15 local time
- Place: Lyons, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1636° N, 105.1628° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1636&lon=-105.1628&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48943, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48943-2013-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN05LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041114028889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ROSS SUTCLIFFE (A CFI) WAS CONDUCTING A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT TO A ^PRIVACY DATA O^ THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN WEATHER THAT WAS LESS THAN VFR. MR. SUTCLIFFE ADMITS TO PERFORMING SEVERAL VFR MANEUVERS ON TOP OF A CLOUD DECK IN THE VICINITY OF LYONS, COLORADO. MR. SUTCLIFFE THEN ATTEMPTED TO DESCEND THROUGH THIS CLOUD DECK UPON HIS RETURN TO LONGMONT AIRPORT (2V2). DURING THIS DESCENT IN IMC, CONDITIONS, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED RISING TERRAIN AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS AIRCRAFT WERE NOT INJURED. (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED BY BEEGLES AIRCRAFT SERVICES (CERTIFICATE #BX4R092M) OF GREELEY CO. VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT WAS FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.

## 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 DEN05LA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN05LA023), Nov 14, 2004: Cessna 152 (N48943), Lyons, CO, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his intentional VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.

## Other reports on N48943 (1)

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

- [Accident 19881108051509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881108051509A), Nov 8, 1988: Cessna 152 (N48943), Nenana, AK, Substantial damage. Allowed aircraft to drift off runway alignment on flare. Hit runway lights and a snow berm. Nosed over.

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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