Lamar Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lamar, Colorado 81052
Saturday, December 24, 1988 10:15 MST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/24/1988
Event Day of the Week Saturday
Time of Event 1015
Event Time Zone Mountain Standard Time
Event City LAMAR
Event State COLORADO
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 81052
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport LAMAR MUNICIPAL
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 4LJ
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 3703
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1050 Mountain Standard Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID 4LJ
Elevation of weather observation facility 3703
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation MST
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 3000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 20
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 3
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) -4
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) 2857
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 1330
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 24 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1131
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 37425
Date of most recent change to record Dec 13 2000 12:21PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N757MU
NTSB Number DEN89LA048
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed VFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model TR182
Aircraft Series Identifier TR182
Aircraft Serial Number R182201248
Certified Max Gross Weight 3100
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Oct 20 1988 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 8
Airframe Hours 760
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Yes
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name FRYBURGER SAND AND GRAVEL, INC
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOX 1116
Aircraft Owner City GREEN RIVER
Aircraft Owner State WY
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 82935
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code RKS
Departure City ROCK SPRINGS
Departure State WY
Departure Country
Departure Time 710
Departure Time Zone MST
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code BGD
Destination City BORGER
Destination State TX
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Descent
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 36
Runway Length 6304
Runway Width 100
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --