# NTSB DEN89LA048: Cessna TR182, N757MU, Lamar, CO, December 24, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 24, 1988, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Lamar, CO
- Coordinates: 38.08086, -102.61058 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0809&lon=-102.6106&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17652
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN89LA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17652/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA048

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757MU-2005-12-22), registration cancelled 2005-12-22, S/N R18201248 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TR182
- Registry model: [Cessna TR182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tr182) (registry code 2072735) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: R182201248
- Airframe hours: 760
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881224056399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881224056399A), Dec 24, 1988: Cessna TR182, Lamar, CO, Destroyed. Failed to maintain airspeed on approach. Stalled and crashed short of the runway. Pilot did not know stall speed.

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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