# NTSB DEN89FA038: Cessna 150L, N1464Q, Fairplay, CO, November 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 28, 1988, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: Fairplay, CO
- Location: 39.2243° N, 105.9984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fairplay, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2243&lon=-105.9984&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17572
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89FA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17572/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA038

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - light condition - night (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - snow (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - vfr flight into imc - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Loss of control - in flight, cruise - normal
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1464Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1464Q-1993-08-27), registration cancelled 1993-08-27, S/N 15072764 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072764
- Airframe hours: 7173
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881128053949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881128053949A), Nov 28, 1988: Cessna STC150, Fairplay, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Found wreckage next day after day of flight. Vertical impact. Snow and strong wind in area. Lost control in IMC.

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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