NTSB DEN87LA135 — 1987-05-26 · OGDEN, Utah, United States

Current FAA registration · N48590

Make / Model: CESSNA 152
Seats / Engines: 2 seats · 1 engine
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A5FED8

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N48590 Cessna 152 None

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT & CFI WERE PRACTICING SLOW FLT & STALLS. CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED BEFORE THE START OF EACH STALL SERIES. DURING THE RECOVERY FROM THE LAST STALL THE STUDENT PLT APPLIED ONLY PARTIAL PWR. THE CFI APPLIED FULL PWR & THE ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE CFI THEN INCREASED THE MIXTURE TO FULL RICH. THE ENG RAN BETTER & RPM INCREASED ABOUT 150- 200 RPM FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE IT BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AGAIN AND THEN QUIT ENTIRELY. THE CFI STATED LATER THAT HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN THE PROP STOPPED AT 75-70 KTS IAS. THE CFI ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE ACFT & MADE A FORCED LNDG IN A MARSHY AREA. THE ACFT WENT THROUGH A FENCE AND NOSED OVER. POST-CRASH EXAM OF THE ACFT REVEALED NOTHING THAT WOULD HAVE PRECLUDED NORMAL OPERATIONS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1987_DEN87LA135.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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