# Accident 19890301002909A: Cessna 152, Crookston, MN, March 1, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1989, 16:15 local time
- Place: Crookston, MN
- Airport: Crookston Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.7692° N, 96.6000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7692&lon=-96.6000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5329B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5329B-2009-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235N2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC89LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890301002909A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT LOST CONTROL LANDING ON FIRST SOLO. VEERED OF RUNWAY. NOSED OVER IN SNOWBANK. TOO MUCH WIND FOR FIRST SOLO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC89LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA069), Mar 1, 1989: Cessna 152 (N5329B), Crookston, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICY/SNOW COVERED RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N5329B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940112000479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940112000479A), Jan 12, 1994: Cessna 152 (N5329B), Casselton, ND, Substantial damage. Landing at night on compacted snow on runway. Hit snowbank. Landed lift off center. Wheel rode up on snow. Wing hit
- [Accident 19820526020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820526020329A), May 26, 1982: Cessna 152 (N5329B), Grand Forks, ND, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard bouncing landing causing nose wheel to collpase.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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