# NTSB DEN87LA109: Cessna 150J, N60282, Longmont, CO, April 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 21, 1987, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place: Longmont, CO
- Coordinates: 40.168998, -105.109352 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1690&lon=-105.1094&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17212
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN87LA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17212/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA109

## 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 total experience, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

A STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS ON HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO TRAINING FLT. ON THE FIRST APPROACH, SHE FAILED TO FLARE PROPERLY AND HIT IN A THREE POINT ATTITUDE. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RWY. THE ACFT SKIDDED ABOUT 25 FEET DOWN THE RWY AND CAME TO REST. A POST ACCIDENT FIRE IGNITED IMMEDIATELY AND CONSUMED MOST OF THE WRECKAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60282](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60282-1989-09-29), registration cancelled 1989-09-29, S/N 15070195 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070195
- Airframe hours: 5956
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Tri-County Flight School
- Registered owner: Lester J. Tinnin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 31, 1987, 68 hours before
- Departed: 48V, ERIE, CO
- Airport: 2V2, Longmont, runway 11, 4,200 × 60 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 7 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FNL, 27 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 19870421070779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870421070779A), Apr 21, 1987: Cessna 150J, Longmont, CO, Destroyed. The aircraft landed hard, collapsing the nose gear. The student pilot safely exited the burning aircraft.

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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