# NTSB DEN88LA198: Cessna 150F, N6737F, Peyton, CO, September 3, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 3, 1988, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Peyton, CO
- Location: 39.0330° N, 104.4904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peyton, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0330&lon=-104.4904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - ignition system,spark plug - fouled (contributing factor)
  - mixture - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Loss of control - in flight, descent - emergency
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6737F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6737F-1992-08-12), registration cancelled 1992-08-12, S/N 15063337 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15063337
- Airframe hours: 3804
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Militair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 31, 1988, 150 hours before
- Departed: 00V
- Destination: 00V
- Airport: OOV, Falcon-Meadow Lake, runway 33, 4,150 × 35 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; airline transport, flight instructor, military; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,658 total, 54 in this make and model, 2,034 as pilot in command, 49 in the last 90 days, 32 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: COS, 11 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 19880903036949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880903036949A), Sep 3, 1988: Cessna 150F, Falcon, CO, Substantial damage. Unable to climb. Dragged wing, cartwheeled turning to more favorable terrain, failed to lean mixture.

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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