- Date
- May 1, 1986, 08:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N94703Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860501018779A
- Case key
- 16955
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - misjudgedCause
Nose gear collapsed
Analysis
According to the student plt, he flared too high during landing & landed hard, collapsing the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N94703
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285768
- Airframe hours
- 1,639
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aspen Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Arvil D. Pugmire
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 13, 1985 · 55 hours before
- Airport
- APA · Centennial Arpt, runway 34, 7,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N94703Registration cancelled Dec 21, 2007 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 24 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N94703 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.