# NTSB DEN84FA095: Cessna 152, N89182, Franktown, CO, February 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1984, 15:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Franktown, CO
- Coordinates: 39.380779, -104.750274 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3808&lon=-104.7503&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16200
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84FA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16200/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84FA095

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (contributing factor)
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - snow covered
  - terrain condition - open field

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED CIRCLING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. AFTERWARDS, PWR DECREASED AND THE ACFT DESCENDED. DURING DESCENT AN OCCASIONAL BURST OF PWR WAS HEARD. WHEN THE ACFT NEARED THE GROUND IT NOSED UP & DOWN ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN ENG PWR. WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT THEN ROLLED INVERTED, BECAME UP RIGHT AND PITCHED SOWN. THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO THE TERRAIN. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MALFUNCTION. THIS WAS THE STUDENT'S FIRST FLT SINCE AUGUST, 1980.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N89182 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Airframe hours: 2288
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Aspen Air Flying Club
- Registered owner: Ricahrdl. & Marlos R. Ely
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 1, 1984, 17 hours before
- Departed: APA, ENGLEWOOD, CO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,062 total, 225 in this make and model, 937 as pilot in command, 121 in the last 90 days, 60 in the last 30 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 46 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: APA, 22 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840220003879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840220003879A), Feb 20, 1984: Cessna 152, Franktown, CO, Destroyed. Report indicates a stall at a low altitude and near vertical impact. May have been doing turns around a point.

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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