# NTSB DEN88LA142: Cessna 152, N6392Q, Salt Lake City, UT, June 30, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1988, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Location: 40.8681° N, 111.9275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYPARK (BTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8681&lon=-111.9275&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17490
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17490/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA142

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6392Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6392Q-2017-06-21), registration cancelled 2017-06-21, S/N 15285241, 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: 15285241
- Airframe hours: 3960
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Ralph Lewis
- Registered owner: Lewis, Ralph C & Elizabeth
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 20, 1988, 37 hours before
- Departed: BTF
- Destination: BTF
- Airport: BTF, Skypark, runway 34, 4,700 × 70 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## Other investigations on N6392Q (2)

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.

- [NTSB SEA96FA022](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96FA022), Nov 21, 1995: Cessna 152 (N6392Q), Provo, UT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: pilot suicide (intentional in-flight collision with rising terrain). A factor relating to the accident was: pilot anxiety/apprehension.
- [NTSB DEN90LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN90LA113), May 19, 1990: Cessna 152 (N6392Q), Delta, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING LANDING. FACTORS WERE GUSTING TAILWINDS AND THE PILOT SELECTED THE WRONG RUNWAY.

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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