# Accident 19950214012459A: Cessna 152, West Dover, VT, February 14, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: West Dover, VT
- Airport: Mount Snow Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: RH6R
- Location: 42.9271° N, 72.8657° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9271&lon=-72.8657&mi=10
- Aircraft: N757SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N757SG-1997-08-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 35 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC95LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950214012459A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GOT LOST ABOVE CLOUDS. SAW AIRPORT THRU HOLE AND LANDED. LOST CONTROL ON DOWNWIND TAKEOFF. STRUCK 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 NYC95LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC95LA054), Feb 14, 1995: Cessna 152 (N757SG), Mount Snow, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for wind which resulted in the airplane drifting into a snow bank and nosing over.

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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