Cessna 152 N93271

Summary

On 18 December 1983 at about 18:43 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N93271, operated by Denver Air Center, was involved in an accident near Broomfield, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1983 at 18:43

Classification

Accident

Location

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Jeffco (BJC)

Coordinates

39.9407, -105.0607

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N93271

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Denver Air Center

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN84LA044

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE 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. THE INSTRUCTOR THOUGHT THE ACFT LANDED WITH THE NOSE LOW AND SKIPPED BACK INTO THE AIR. IT DEPARTED THE RWY DURING THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR SAID THE STUDENT HAD 10 HRS DUAL AND 27 LANDINGS PRIOR TO THIS FLT. THE STUDENT IS A DEAF MUTE. THE TOWER USED LIGHT SIGNALS FOR LANDING CLEARANCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.