- Date
- December 24, 1988, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lamar, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757MUCessna TR182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881224056399A
- Case key
- 17652
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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
The pilot was making a VFR approach for landing. The landing gear was lowered and full flaps were deployed. The pilot said he allowed the airspeed to get too low and the aircraft stalled. The nose and left wing dropped and the pilot added full power. The nose rose slightly before the aircraft impacted the ground. The pilot could not recall his approach speed. Additionally, he could not give the aircraft's wings-level, full-flap stall speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757MU
- Reported as
- Cessna TR182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R182201248
- Airframe hours
- 760
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-L3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fryburger Sand And Gravel, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 20, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- RKS · Rock Springs, WY
- Destination
- BGD · Borger, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 4LJ · Lamar Municipal, runway 36, 6,304 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 991 total · 310 in this make and model · 961 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- 4LJ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.