# NTSB DEN85LA031: Cessna 150E, N2528J, Wallsburg, UT, November 23, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 23, 1984, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Wallsburg, UT
- Coordinates: 40.36024, -111.430305 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3602&lon=-111.4303&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): 16602
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16602/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT SWERVED OFF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER AFTER COLLIDING WITH A DIRT BANK AND A DITCH. THE PLT SAID THAT AT TOUCHDOWNON THE GRAVEL RANCH STRIP HE FELT A BUMP AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE EDGE OF THE RWY. HE ADDED THAT POWER WAS APPLIED FORTHE GO-AROUND BUT THE ACFT STRUCK A DIRT BURM AND TRENCH NEAR THE RWY AND NOSED OVER. THE LANDING STRIP IS ABOUT 30 FT WIDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2528J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2528J), registered now, S/N 15061028 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061028
- Airframe hours: 4900
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-320-E2D 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Gary Lopez
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, May 15, 1984
- Departed: PROVO, UT
- Airport: runway 36, 3,000 × 30 ft, gravel

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 857 total, 115 in this make and model, 688 as pilot in command, 39 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## 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 19841123063109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841123063109A), Nov 23, 1984: Cessna 150E, Wallsburg, UT, Substantial damage. Aircraft landing on gravel airstrip ran off side of runway, hit a berm and a ditch, flipping onto its back.

## Other investigations on N2528J (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 LAX66F0189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX66F0189), Dec 20, 1965: Cessna 150 (N2528J), Santa Ana, CA, 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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