# NTSB DEN86LA029: Cessna C-152, N6122P, Franktown, CO, November 24, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 24, 1985, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place: Franktown, CO
- Coordinates: 39.380084, -104.750709 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3801&lon=-104.7507&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16887/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, go-around (vfr)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - turbulence (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE PLT, UPON INITIATING A PWR RECOVERY AFTER A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING, THE ACFT IN WHICH HE AND HIS PAX WERE IN, ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE PLT SAID HE ALLOWED THE ACFT TO DESCEND TO 25 FT AGL BEFORE INITIATING THE PWR RECOVERY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6122P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284977
- Airframe hours: 1523
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner: Travis K. Pethe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 25, 1985, 72 hours before
- Departed: APA, AURORA, CO
- Destination: 00V, FALCON, CO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 13,438 total, 37 in this make and model, 8,759 as pilot in command, 193 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: APA, 18 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 19851124057949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851124057949A), Nov 24, 1985: Cessna 152, Franktown, CO, Substantial damage. On go around from second practice emergency landing to the same field, hit his own wake turbulence and forced down.

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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