# NTSB DEN87LA028: Cessna 152, N4597L, Englewood, CO, December 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 14, 1986, 13:55 local (20:55 UTC)
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Coordinates: 39.60004, -104.710113 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6000&lon=-104.7101&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17156/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA028

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent total experience, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284188
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 44; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861214083429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861214083429A), Dec 14, 1986: Cessna 152, Englewood, CO, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered off the side of the runway during landing and struck a snowbank. Student pilot.

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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