Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary DEN84FA095

FRANKTOWN, CO, USA

Aircraft #1

N89182

CESSNA 152

Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED CIRCLING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. AFTERWARDS, PWR DECREASED AND THE ACFT DESCENDED. DURING DESCENT AN OCCASIONAL BURST OF PWR WAS HEARD. WHEN THE ACFT NEARED THE GROUND IT NOSED UP & DOWN ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN ENG PWR. WITNESSES STATED THE ACFT THEN ROLLED INVERTED, BECAME UP RIGHT AND PITCHED SOWN. THE ACFT DESCENDED INTO THE TERRAIN. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT DISCLOSED NO EVIDENCE OF ANY MALFUNCTION. THIS WAS THE STUDENT'S FIRST FLT SINCE AUGUST, 1980.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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