- Date
- July 29, 1987, 10:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lafayette, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N714YFCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870729040419A
- Case key
- 17286
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
CFI was demonstrating eng out emerg landing and allowed acft to descend into tall weeds before adding power which was insufficient to overcome drag of weeds on gear. Acft struck bank and fence separating prop and right main gear. Hull and cowling were buckled and torn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714YF
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15279532
- Airframe hours
- 5,338
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Hoffman Pilot Center, Inc.
- Registered owner
- R And R Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 15, 1987 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,009 total · 105 in this make and model · 841 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BJC, 10 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.