- Date
- July 10, 1986, 23:52 local (Jul 11, 1986, 05:52 UTC)
- Place
- Pierce, CO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5121PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860710048849A
- Case key
- 16834
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Stall/spin - inadvertentCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft reportedly departed the fort collins, Colorado, downtown arpt at 2151 MDT, July 10, 1986, on a local student night training flt. The wreckage was discovered at O800 MDT, July 11, 1986, in open, flat, cultivated terrain. The acft impacted in a steep nose low, right wing low altitude. The certified flt instructor and student plt were fatally injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5121P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284881
- Airframe hours
- 1,824
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- The Pilot Center
- Registered owner
- Charles R. Winchell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 9, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 3V5 · Fort Collins, CO
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,630 total · 1,905 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 3V5, 10 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.