# NTSB DEN87LA070: Cessna 152, N6285Q, Carlsbad, NM, March 22, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1987, 11:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Location: 32.3374° N, 104.2634° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAVERN CITY AIR TRML (CNM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3374&lon=-104.2634&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 10, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17177
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17177/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA070

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, taxi - from landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO X-COUNTRY AND LANDED AT AN INTERMEDIATE ARPT. THE ACFT WAS TAXIING FROM LANDING WITH A 24 KT TAILWIND. A STRONG GUST OF WIND HIT THE ACFT AND IT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6285Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6285Q-2017-02-22), registration cancelled 2017-02-22, S/N 15285219, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15285219
- Airframe hours: 2306
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Road Runner Aviation
- Registered owner: Roadrunner Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 1, 1986, 100 hours before
- Departed: HOB, HOBBS, NM
- Airport: CNM, Cavern City, runway 21, 7,854 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 20; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 19 total, 19 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 24 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 16 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNM, 5 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 19870322007159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870322007159A), Mar 22, 1987: Cessna 152, Carlsbad, NM, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over during taxi after landing due to a tailwind gust. 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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