- Date
- January 10, 1986, 19:13 local (Jan 11, 1986, 02:13 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757ZECessna 152
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860110081279A
- Case key
- 16801
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Analysis
An instructor with his student plt were returning from a cross-country training flt. Three attempts were made to complete an ILS approach in heavy fog to the arpt. With each approach the instructor partially lost control of the acft and then recovered but on the third approach the acft struck the ground before recovery could be effected. The instructor complained of experiencing vertigo during the landing approaches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ZE
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15208127
- Airframe hours
- 4,047
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond Steele
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 25, 1985 · 53 hours before
- Departed
- DTA · Delta, UT
- Destination
- SLC · Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport
- SLC · Salt Lake City Int'L, runway 34L, 12,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 872 total · 475 in this make and model · 790 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 2 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.