# NTSB DEN86LA123: Cessna 152, N94703, Englewood, CO, May 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 1, 1986, 08:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.689884, -104.809364 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6899&lon=-104.8094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16955
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16955/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA123

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PLT, HE FLARED TOO HIGH DURING LANDING & LANDED HARD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N94703](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N94703-2007-12-21), registration cancelled 2007-12-21, S/N 15285768, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285768
- Airframe hours: 1639
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860501018779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501018779A), May 1, 1986: Cessna 152, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. Solo student ballooned on landing, bounced, pushed yoke forward and landed on nose wheel causing collapse.

## Other investigations on N94703 (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN85LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA077), Feb 8, 1985: Cessna 152 (N94703), Englewood, CO, substantial damage

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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