# NTSB DEN84LA025: Cessna 152, N6232Q, Broomfield, CO, November 16, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 16, 1983, 14:34 local (21:34 UTC)
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Coordinates: 39.939174, -105.05902 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9392&lon=-105.0590&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16290
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16290/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA025

## 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 - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON RWY 29R WITH A WIND FROM 220 DEG AT 8 KTS. HE STATED THAT THE TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH, BUT AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL WAS LOWERED, THE ACFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER & AILERON, BUT REPORTEDLY, THE PLANE DID NOT RESPOND. SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY. THE GEAR DUG INTO WET SOIL & THE ACFT NOSED OVER. AN EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED THE LEFT PUSH TUBE, BETWEEN THE RUDDER & NOSEWHEEL STEERING SYSTEMS HAD FAILED. HOWEVER, NO EVIDENCE WAS FOUND THAT THE DISCREPANCY OR A MALFUNCTION OCCURRED BEFORE LANDING. THERE WERE INDICATIONS THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED AFTER THE NOSEWHEEL HAD BEEN FORCED TO THE LEFT, BEYOND ITS NORMAL TRAVEL LIMITS. ACCORDING TO TOWER PERSONNEL, THE WIND WAS FROM 230 DEG AT 4 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6232Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6232Q-1989-08-16), registration cancelled 1989-08-16, S/N 15285206 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285206
- Airframe hours: 628
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Denver Air Center
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, November 9, 1983, 42 hours before
- Departed: APA, ARAPAHOE, CO
- Airport: BJC, Jeffco, runway 29R, 7,498 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 65 total, 54 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BJC

## 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 19831116057529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831116057529A), Nov 16, 1983: Cessna 152, Broomfield, CO, Substantial damage. Lost control after landing. Left the runway and overturned in soft mud. Pilot on first private license flight.

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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