# Accident 19890305003269A: Cessna 172N, Superior, ID, March 5, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1989, 12:00 local time
- Place: Superior, ID
- Airport: Richard I Bong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6705° N, 92.0795° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6705&lon=-92.0795&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5315D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5315D-2005-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 16 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA055) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890305003269A

## Narrative

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

APPLIED BRAKES ON LANDING WITH SNOW AND ICE PATCHES ON RUNWAY. SLID OFF INTO A SNOWBANK.

## 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 CHI89LA055](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA055), Mar 5, 1989: Cessna 172N (N5315D), Superior, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE ICY AND SNOW COVERED RUNWAY…

## Other reports on N5315D (2)

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

- [Accident 20030316003239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030316003239A), Mar 16, 2003: Cessna 172N (N5315D), Foley, MN, Destroyed, 3 fatal. (-23) N5315D departed superior, Wisconsin (ksuw) for saint cloud, Minnesota (kstc) at 1457 local time on a VFR pleasure flight. The pilot received a fss…
- [Incident 19990329003399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990329003399I), Mar 29, 1999: Cessna 172N (N5315D), Superior, WI, Minor damage. Acft struck a deer with the nose gear on landing and sustained substantial damage. (-23) on 3/29/99 at approximately 1700 hours CST while commencing the…

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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