# NTSB DEN86FA060: Cessna 152, N757ZE, Salt Lake City, UT, January 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1986, 19:13 local (Jan 11, 1986, 02:13 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.7610° N, 111.9653° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7610&lon=-111.9653&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86FA060
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16801/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA060

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- Loss of control - in flight, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - airspeed - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757ZE-1989-01-30), registration cancelled 1989-01-30, S/N 15280127 (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: 15208127
- Airframe hours: 4047
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860110081279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860110081279A), Jan 10, 1986: Cessna 152, Salt Lake City, UT, Substantial damage. The pilot temporarily lost control due to vertigo, and the aircraft impacted the ground on final approach.

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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