- Date
- December 14, 1986, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place
- Englewood, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4597LCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861214083429A
- Case key
- 17156
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of recent total experienceCause
Analysis
During landing, directional control was not maintained. The acft veered left, the landing gear entered a snowbank, and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4597L
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284188
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Of Denver
- Registered owner
- Maurer Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Airport
- APA · Contennial, runway 16R, 5,140 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 53 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.