NTSB investigations: Cessna 152, CO
61 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Cessna 152. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.
Cases per year
| 1977 | 2 |
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| 1978 | 3 |
| 1979 | 3 |
| 1980 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1982 | 1 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1986 | 4 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 4 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1994 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 |
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c.\"eventStateOrRegion\" = 'CO' AND c.\"eventCountry\" = 'USA'
AND c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071835'))
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SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071835'))
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NTSB GAA17CA528Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 152 · Broomfield, COThe student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while landing in gusting crosswind conditions.NTSB GAA16CA336Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 152 · Delta, COThe pilot exceeded the critical angle of attack during the initial climb in tailwind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.NTSB CEN09CA367Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 152 · Fort Collins, COThe pilot's failure to control the airplane after engine startup, resulting in a ground collision with a nearby airplane.NTSB DEN08CA047Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 152 · Loveland, COthe student pilot's premature flare resulting in the loss of aircraft control.NTSB DEN06CA134Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportCessna 152 · Bennett, COThe pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the aborted takeoff. Factors contributing to the accident were the low airspeed and the pilot's improper in-flight planning.NTSB DEN05LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Lyons, COthe pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his intentional VFR flight into IMC, and his failure to maintain obstacle clearance.NTSB SEA02LA048Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Longmont, COThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing. Factors were a contaminated runway, which was icy and covered with snow, and a snow bank.NTSB DEN01LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Grand Junction, COthe student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising and subsequently a nose over.NTSB DEN00FA118Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Karval, COthe pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while maneuvering. Contributing factors were the pilot's inadvertent flight into the clouds, and his becoming spatially disorientated.NTSB FTW98LA412Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Durango, COImproper maintenance by an unknown person and the subsequent throttle cable disconnect due to a castellated nut separation. Factors were the none suitable soft terrain for the forced landing, and the failure of the nose wheel landing gear during the landing…NTSB FTW98LA199Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Fort Collins, COthe student pilot's improper use of the rudder controls, which resulted in loss of directional control, a ground swerve, an encounter with soft terrain, and a nose over. The soft terrain was a related factor.NTSB FTW97LA005Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Colorado Spgs, COthe student pilot attempting to exit the runway onto a taxiway at excessive speed. A factor was the pilot's failure to land the aircraft in the proper touchdown zone.NTSB FTW95LA255Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Craig, COThe pilot became lost and disoriented, resulting in fuel exhaustion. Factors were the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing and the operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies in equipment.NTSB FTW95LA196Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Durango, COThe student pilot's improper landing flare and improper bounced landing recovery.NTSB FTW95LA048Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Boulder, COThe pilot's loss of directional control.NTSB DEN93LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Durango, COPower loss due to water contaminated fuel. A factor was: unsuitable terrain for a forced landing.NTSB DEN92LA023Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Falcon, COEngine failure over unsuitable terrain due to fuel exhaustion. Factors were: pilot inexperience and becoming lost and disoriented.NTSB DEN91LA104Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Fountain, COThe pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain on which to make a landing. Factors were: the pilot's inadequate preflight planning, and weather conditions that included low ceiling, obscuration, fog, and drizzle.NTSB DEN90LA194Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Erie, COThe student pilot's misjudgement of distance and altitude, and the instructor's inadequate supervision.NTSB DEN90LA144Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna C-152 · Golden, COThe pilot's disregard for airplane performance data. Contributing to the accident were high density altitude and the fact that airplane climb performance capability was exceeded.NTSB DEN90FA119Accident · 1 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Longmont, COThe pilot continued into hazardous weather conditions.NTSB DEN90LA114Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Erie, COCfi's failure to ensure that the student pilot maintained sufficient airspeed, resulting in the inadvertent stall/mush. A factor was the downdraft experienced at low altitude after takeoff.NTSB DEN89LA075Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Gill, COImproper use of the powerplant controls by the CFI during descent through low temperature air.NTSB DEN89LA050Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 II · Gilcrest, COThe plt, with his wife as a pax, departed greeley, CO, on a cross-country flt to clayton, NM. After landing, the pilot had his aircraft refueled. It took 23.5 gallons of fuel to fill the fuel tanks. The plt then took off, flew 46 miles southeast, then turned…NTSB DEN89LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Greeley, COThe plt was flying a cross-country flight. She said that 3 miles from her destination, the engine quit when the plane ran out of fuel. A landing on an ice covered asphalt road was performed. During roll out, the left main gear went off the road and the left…NTSB DEN89LA039Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Watkins, COThe student plt was practicing touch and go landings during an unsupervised solo flight. Runway 26 was in use, with winds reported as 320 deg at 5 KTS. At the first landing, the acft touched down nose first, thirty feet left of the center line. The acft…NTSB DEN88LA187Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Leadville, COThe student plt was lost during a solo cross country instructional flight. After landing and refueling at Leadville, Colorado, he attempted to fly through a mountain pass towards his destination. He climbed the acft to 12,000 and tried to continue the climb.…NTSB DEN88LA155Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Aurora, COThis was the student pilot's first solo landing. She said the acft drifted to the left of the centerline during the landing roll and she attempted to correct with right rudder. However, the acft continued to the left and ran off the left side of the rwy. The…NTSB DEN88LA113Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Fort Collins, COThe student pilot was returning from a cross country training flight. At touchdown the acft bounced and began to porpoise. The nose gear collapsed and the plane nosed down. The FBO reported calm winds and dry rnwy conditions.NTSB DEN88LA082Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Fort Collins, COThe private plt was performing a night solo training flight in the local area. After several stop and go landings, the plt was returning to her home airport. At 6300FT MSL, in cruise flight, the plt reported that the engine quit. Attempts to restart were not…NTSB DEN88LA042Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Greeley, COThe plt reported that he was making touch and go landings on rwy 09, an asphalt rwy 6200 x 75 ft. the wind was light and variable. The plt said that during the 4th t&g, he landed a little fast and not perfectly aligned with the rwy. When he applied pwr to…NTSB DEN88LA019Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Greeley, COThe recently certificated private plt was taxiing his acft to rwy 9 for a night takeoff. Another acft began its takeoff roll on rwy 9. As a courtesy, the taxiing plt switched off his taxi light so as not to blind the other plt. The taxiing plt used the glow…NTSB DEN87LA201Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Lafayette, COCFI was demonstrating eng out emerg landing and allowed acft to descend into tall weeds before adding power which was insufficient to overcome drag of weeds on gear. Acft struck bank and fence separating prop and right main gear. Hull and cowling were buckled…NTSB DEN87LA198Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Watkins, COThe plt was practicing touch-and-go landings on rwy 26. He estimated the wind to be 180 deg at 8 KTS. The plt said that on the third landing attempt, a 15 kt gust of wind caused the acft to drift to the right. He attempted to correct with left aileron and…NTSB DEN87FA177Accident · Serious injuriesField investigationFinal reportCessna 152II · Parker, COThe instructor plt and his new student were on a local training flt when they encountered adverse wx. The instructor said that he attempted to turn back to the arpt but the winds forced the acft down until it impacted the ground.NTSB DEN87LA132Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Broomfield, COThe student plt had finished practicing touch and go landings on an unsupervised solo flt. During taxi to parking, a gust of wind lifted the left wing and the acft was pushed off the taxiway to the right. The nose gear dropped off a culvert and the right main…NTSB DEN87LA025Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Ellicott, CODuring the initial climb phase of takeoff the plt encountered a wind shear with strong gusty tail winds. The acft entered an uncontrolled descent from 25 feet AGL, struck a wire fence off the end of the rwy and nosed over.NTSB DEN86LA197Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna A150N · Akron, COThe plt stated the acft he was piloting encountered a severe downdraft during initial climbout, which forced the acft to the ground. Upon ground contact, the acft nosed over onto its back.NTSB DEN86LA123Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Englewood, COAccording to the student plt, he flared too high during landing & landed hard, collapsing the nose gear.NTSB DEN86FA070Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Berthoud, COStudent plt rented acft from flying club, acft was observed by witnesses to approach the lake from the south end at a low alt. Acft struck water with right main lnd gear and rt wing tip, and nosed over. The water was described as being 'glassy' and the sun…NTSB DEN86LA036Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 II · Greeley, COAccording to the plt, during the landing roll the acft veered to the left of the rwy and struck a snow berm. The plt stated that the accident could have been prevented if he had held the 'nose wheel off the ground' longer and not relaxed his attention.NTSB DEN85LA077Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Englewood, COThe student plt lost directional control of the acft when pwr was added to takeoff during a touch and go landing. The plt stated the acft began to veer right when pwr was added and he applied 'too much right rudder' to correct. The acft veered left and…NTSB DEN84LA174Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Englewood, COAfter receiving clearance to rwy 16L, the plt began taxiing thru a congested area where the taxiway & an arpt road were routed thru a hangar/parking area. In that area, the roadway was adjacent to the taxiway & to the right of the plt as he was taxiing. The…NTSB DEN84LA055Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Hudson, COAfter returning from a maintenance test flt, the plt made a normal apch to land on a snow covered rwy. According to the plt & his passenger, the acft touched down along the right side of the rwy in snow. The plane then veered to the right & nosed over. No…NTSB DEN84LA044Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Broomfield, COThe acft collided with a snow bank during landing and nosed down. This was the student's first solo landing. The studentthought the landing was all right except that the acft kept going to the left in spite of right rudder. Some power was still on the acft.…NTSB DEN84LA025Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Broomfield, COThe plt reported that he landed on rwy 29R with a wind from 220 deg at 8 KTS. He stated that the touchdown was smooth, but after the nosewheel was lowered, the acft veered to the left. He applied right rudder & aileron, but reportedly, the plane did not…NTSB DEN83LA192Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Akron, COThe acft nose gear collapsed during landing. The plt said he made a normal landing and when the nose was lowered the gear shook violently and collapsed. A witness, who is a CFI said the acft landed and bounce about 3 times and came down hard on the nose gear.…NTSB DEN83LA148Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Erie, COThe student plt reported that after he returned from a x-country plt, he 'scooped' the acft during the flare, it stalled, then bounced on the rwy. He then made a go-around, and subsequently, landed from a normal apch. An exam of the acft revealed that the…NTSB DEN83LA076Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportCessna 152 · Englewood, COThe aircraft piloted by a solo student ran off the runway and nosed over in a snow bank during landing. The pilot was practicing short field landings. The accident occurred during the first touch and go. The landing was good and the pilotretracted flaps to 10…NTSB DEN82DA158Accident · No injuriesFinal reportCessna 152 · Avondale, COThe student pilot was on a private pilot check flight with a designated flight examiner. While demonstrating balked landings, the go-around procedure was improper. Therefore, the examiner asked the student to repeat the procedure on the next approach (a short…