# NTSB DEN84LA113: Cessna 150L, N11315, Springfield, CO, March 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 20, 1984, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Springfield, CO
- Coordinates: 37.400699, -102.609733 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4007&lon=-102.6097&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): 16353
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN84LA113
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16353/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN84LA113

## 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
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icy (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 gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT HE LANDED TOO FAR ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RWY & THE RIGHT WHEEL HIT A CHUNK OF ICE. THE ACFT VEERED RIGHT INTO A SNOWBANK COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11315](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11315-2003-08-04), registration cancelled 2003-08-04, S/N 15075321, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075321
- Airframe hours: 4558
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aero West Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 25, 1984, 24 hours before
- Departed: LAA, LAMAR, CO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 8V7, Springfield Muni, runway 35, 4,935 × 30 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 37 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point -0 °F

## 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 19840320006699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840320006699A), Mar 20, 1984: Cessna 150L, Springfield, CO, Substantial damage. Right wheel struck chunk of ice causing aircraft to veer into a snowbank. Crosswind was excessive for student.

## Other investigations on N11315 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN78FTE45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FTE45), Apr 4, 1978: Cessna 150 (N11315), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage

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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