# NTSB DEN84LA037: Cessna 150L, N16111, Englewood, CO, December 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 3, 1983, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.579933, -104.859291 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5799&lon=-104.8593&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): 16300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16300/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA037

## 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
  - terrain condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER DURING LANDING. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT WAS ROLLING OUT WHEN IT HIT SOME SLUSH ON THE RWY AND WAS PULLED INTO A SNOWBANK ON THE LEFT. THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED WHEN IT HIT THE 3 FT SNOWBANK AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER. THE PLT SAID THE SPEED THEN WAS ABOUT 10 KTS. THE RWY IS 5148 FT LONG AND 75 WIDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N16111 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073485
- Airframe hours: 13200
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Arapahoe Aero, Inc.
- Registered owner: Cletis J. Rohlender
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: APA, Arpahoe County, runway 34L, 5,148 × 77 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model, 42 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 25 °F
- Observed at: APA

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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