- Date
- November 28, 1988, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairplay, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1464QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881128053949A
- Case key
- 17572
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.
In flight encounter with weather
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
Light condition - nightFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Weather condition - high windFactor
Vfr flight into imc - attemptedCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Loss of control - in flight
Stall - inadvertentCause
Spatial disorientationCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1464Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072764
- Airframe hours
- 7,173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Middlepark Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Middle Park Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 29, 1988 · 48 hours before
- Departed
- BJC · Broomfield, CO
- Destination
- 20V · Kremmling, CO
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
- 50
- Certificates
- Private, Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 94 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.