ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 369978
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Date: | Friday 19 August 1988 |
Time: | 17:15 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | N.american Inst. Of Aviation |
Registration: | N93538 |
MSN: | 15285511 |
Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4588 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Leadville, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Leadville, CO (KLXV) |
Destination airport: | Colorado Spring, CO |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE 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. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING BESIDE A DIRT ROAD. THE PLT SAID HE STALLED THE ACFT ABOUT 5 FT AGL TO REDUCE THE SPEED. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN IN HIGH VEGETATION AND NOSED OVER. THE FUSELAGE WAS BROKEN AFT OF THE CABIN. A POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE BY AN NTSB INVESTIGATOR FAILED TO REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF PRE-ACCIDENT FAILURE OR DEFICIENCY. THE ELEVATION OF THE CRASH SITE WAS 11,000 FT MSL.
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Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DEN88LA187 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year 1 month |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB DEN88LA187
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