# NTSB DEN86LA132: Cessna 152, N53345, Salt Lake City, UT, May 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1986, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Coordinates: 40.749095, -111.899368 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7491&lon=-111.8994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16960
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16960/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA132

## Sequence of events

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

- Fire, standing - starting engine(s)
  - fuel system,carburetor - disconnected (contributing factor)
  - maintenance,installation - not performed, other maintenance personnel (contributing factor)
  - information insufficient, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - inadequate certification/approval,aircraft, company/operator mgmt (contributing factor)
  - fluid,fuel - fire (contributing factor)
  - dispatch procedures - not understood, dual student (cause)
  - documentation - inadequate, other maintenance personnel (cause)

## Analysis

ACFT CARBURETOR HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR MAINTENANCE AND SIGN POSTED IN ACFT TO THIS EFFECT. STUDENT PLT CALLED TO SCHEDULE ACFT AND WAS PUT IN ANOTHER ACFT. SCHEDULER SAID PLT WAS TOLD ACFT WAS OUT OF SERVICE BUT PLT CLAIMED HE DID NOT HEAR THIS. PLT MET FLT INSTRUCTOR AND ATTEMPTED TO START ENG. AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS ENG CAUGHT FIRE. PLT AND INSTRUCTOR SAID THERE WAS NO SIGN IN ACFT WARNING OF CARBURETOR REMOVAL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53345](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53345-1989-11-08), registration cancelled 1989-11-08, S/N 15283537 (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: 15283537
- Airframe hours: 1400
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ray Steele, doing business as Pro. Flight Service
- Registered owner: Hartle C. Wayne
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: SLC, Salt Lake City Int'L

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,698 total, 432 in this make and model, 1,611 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 30 statute miles

## 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 19860511016799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860511016799A), May 11, 1986: Cessna 152, Salt Lake City, UT, Destroyed. Aircraft caught on fire after being primed several times. Carburetor had been removed for repair.CFI did preflight.

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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