# NTSB DEN86LA179: Cessna 152, N757KB, Fort Lupton, CO, June 28, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1986, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Fort Lupton, CO
- Coordinates: 40.079406, -104.800102 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0794&lon=-104.8001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16995/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA179

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT TOOK OFF ON A LOCAL FLT WITH APPROXIMATELY 1/4 TANK OF FUEL (6 GAL). HE FLEW THE ACFT UNTIL THE ENGINE QUIT FROM FUEL EXHAUSTION AT 1.2 HOURS FLT TIME. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN AN OPEN FEILD, NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THE PLT AND ONE PAX ABOARD WERE UNINJURED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N757KB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15279791
- Airframe hours: 2527
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sidell Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 23, 1986, 27 hours before
- Departed: 48V, ERIE, CO
- Destination: 18V, HUDSON, CO

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 184 total, 34 in this make and model, 87 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 9,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DEN, 20 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 19860628034809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860628034809A), Jun 28, 1986: Cessna 152, Fort Lupton, CO, Destroyed. Ran out of fuel after buzzing his residence. Bounced and flipped over landing in an open field.

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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