Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Jeffco Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Louisville, Colorado 80027
Saturday, July 8, 1989 19:05 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE INSTRUCTOR PLT (CFI) HAD NOT FLOWN A CESSNA 150K BEFORE & WAS ON HIS 1ST INSTRUCTIONAL FLT AFTER RECEIPT OF HIS CFI CERTIFICATE. THE STUDENT PLT HAD 9 HRS OF DUAL FLT TIME. THEY DEPD JEFFCO ARPT (BJC) AT 1855 MDT. AT 1900 MDT, THE BJC WX WAS IN PART: 12,000' SCT, 14,000' BKN, VIS 70 MI, WND 300 DEG AT 14 GSTG 33 KTS, TEMP 97 DEG, VIRGA IN ALL QUADS & TSTM ACTIVITY IN THE AREA. AFTER DEPG BJC, THE ACFT WAS SEEN ON AN APPARENT APCH TO A LARGE EMPTY PARKING LOT; THE APCH WAS THEN ABORTED. NO ENG PROBLEM WAS NOTED BY WITNESSES; THEY LAST SAW THE ACFT AS IT PASSED OVER THE CREST OF A HILL, DSCNDG ON A NORTHERLY HDG. IT CRASHED BYD THE CREST ON DSCNDG TRRN & WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ACFT OR ENG WAS FOUND. THERE WAS EVIDENCE THE ACFT HAD ENCTRD MICROBURST ACTIVITY. APRX 15 MI SE AT STAPLETON INTL ARPT, MICROBURST ACTIVITY WAS RECORDED ON THE LOW LVL WND SHEAR ALERT (LLWAS) SYS. DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 9500'.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (CFI) AND FLIGHT IN KNOWN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PLANNING/PREPARATION BY THE CFI, HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION, AND THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/8/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1905 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | LOUISVILLE |
| Event State | COLORADO |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 80027 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | JEFFCO |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | BJC |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Unknown |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 0 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1900 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 180 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | BJC |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 5654 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 5 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 14000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 12000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 70 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 36 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 0 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 300 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 14 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 33 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 9500 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 876 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 8 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1930 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 40388 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:06AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N6342G |
| NTSB Number | DEN89FA162 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 150K |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 150K |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 15071842 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1600 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 8 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 4 |
| Airframe Hours | 8320 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | BLUE RIDGE, INC. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 1817 WELTON STREET, STE. 119 |
| Aircraft Owner City | DENVER |
| Aircraft Owner State | CO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 80202 |
| 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) | Instructional |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | BJC |
| Departure City | BROOMFIELD |
| Departure State | CO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1855 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
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| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:06AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | 0 |
| Runway Width | 0 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |