- Date
- March 10, 1983, 15:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N46546Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830310006879A
- Case key
- 16050
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The aircraft piloted by a solo student ran off the runway and nosed over in a snow bank during landing. The pilot was practicing short field landings. The accident occurred during the first touch and go. The landing was good and the pilotretracted flaps to 10 degrees, added power, and as the aircraft accelerated, it started to veer left. The pilot said there was no response to rudder and he did not use right brake. The aircraft left the runway, the wheels dug in, and theaircraft nosed over. The runway in use was 16 and the wind was 130 degrees at nine knots. An investigator found the left wheel difficult to rotate at the scene after the accident. An examination of the brake system showed no evidence of a malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N46546
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283070
- Airframe hours
- 2,266
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-62C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tiger Air Denver
- Registered owner
- Gilbert Angelloti
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 4, 1983 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- APA · Englewood, CO
- Airport
- APA · Arapahoe, runway 16, 8,500 × 101 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 79 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.