# NTSB DEN87LA006: Cessna 152, N93703, Price, UT, October 9, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 9, 1986, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Price, UT
- Coordinates: 39.569488, -110.800575 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5695&lon=-110.8006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA006

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - performed, pilot in command
- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLT. SHE STATED THAT ON LANDING, THE ACFT BALLOONED. SHE INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND DURING THE CLIMBOUT, THE ACFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. IT DRIFTED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE RWY AND THE WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE ACFT THEN CARTWHEELED AND WAS DAMAGED. THE STUDENT HAD LOGGED 1.7 HOURS OF FLT TIME IN THE LAST 90 DAYS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N93703 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285538
- Airframe hours: 1672
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Monarch Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner: Cessna Finance Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: AAIP, August 28, 1986, 32 hours before
- Departed: CAG, CRAIG, CO
- Airport: PUC, Carbon County, runway 18, 7,300 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 37 total, 36 in this make and model, 10 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PUC

## 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 19861009048479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861009048479A), Oct 9, 1986: Cessna 152, Price, UT, Substantial damage. The student ballooned and initiated a go around. The aircraft stalled and struck the ground beside the runway.

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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