# NTSB DEN83LA055: Cessna 152, N24924, Englewood, CO, January 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 30, 1983, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16036
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN83LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16036/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN83LA055

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AT THE EDGE OF THE RWY DURING ROLLOUT ON LANDING AND NOSED OVER. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING ON RWY 16L. THE TOWER CHANGED TRAFFIC TO 16R AND GAVE WINDS AS FROM 110DEGREES AT 10 KTS. THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 16R NEAR THE RIGHT EDGE. DURING ROLLOUT THE WIND VEERED THE ACFT TOWARDTHE LEFT EDGE. BEFORE THE PILOT COULD CORRECT THE SWERVE THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BANK AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N24924 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280453
- Airframe hours: 2772
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Wayne Ross, doing business as P.C. Flyers
- Registered owner: Ram
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 13, 1982, 65 hours before
- Airport: APA, Arapahoe, runway 16L, 5,140 × 77 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 4 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: APA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830130001739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830130001739A), Jan 30, 1983: Cessna 152, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Student pilot lost directional control of aircraft during landing and it collided with snowdrift and flipped.

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.

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