What happened
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(.4)On January 4, 2001, at 1500 central standard time, a Cessna 152, single-engine airplane, N68472, sustained substantial damage when the left main landing gear struck a snow bank during the landing flare/touchdown on runway 17 at the Jones Memorial Airport, Bristow, Oklahoma. The airplane was owned by christiansen aviation at tulsa, Oklahoma, and operated by the Oklahoma state university, at stillwater, Oklahoma, under 14 code of federal regulations part 91. The student pilot, sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the instructional flight, and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed. The cross-country flight departed shawnee, Oklahoma, at 1345. The pilot reported that a "slight crosswind from approximately 180 degrees kept me left of course to touchdown." At touchdown, the airplane continued left until the "left main [landing gear] hit the snow bank." The airplane veered off the runway into the grass. The pilot applied full power for a soft field takeoff "but it didn't work." The airplane nosed down, the left wing and propeller struck the ground, and the airplane returned to a level attitude before coming to rest. The operator's personnel responding to the accident site, found the left wing bent and crumpled with structural damage to the main spar. The operator reported the wind from the south at 10 knots. (-23) on approach, the pilot stated that the aircraft drifted left of runway 17 and at touchdown the left main gear struck a snow bank left of the runway causing the aircraft to veer more left, at which time the nose gear went off the left side of the runway. The pilot stated that it was at this time the left wing was driven down, the steering collar broke, and the prop struck the ground. The left wing sustained substantial damage. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(.4)ON JANUARY 4, 2001, AT 1500 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 152, SINGLE-ENGINE AIRPLANE, N68472, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK A SNOW BANK DURING THE LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 17 AT THE JONES MEMORIAL AIRPORT, BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY CHRISTIANSEN AVIATION AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA, AND OPERATED BY THE OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, AT STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE STUDENT PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AND A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT DEPARTED SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, AT 1345. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT A "SLIGHT CROSSWIND FROM APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES KEPT ME LEFT OF COURSE TO TOUCHDOWN." AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED LEFT UNTIL THE "LEFT MAIN [LANDING GEAR] HIT THE SNOW BANK." THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER FOR A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF "BUT IT DIDN'T WORK." THE AIRPLANE NOSED DOWN, THE LEFT WING AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND, AND THE AIRPLANE RETURNED TO A LEVEL ATTITUDE BEFORE COMING TO REST. THE OPERATOR'S PERSONNEL RESPONDING TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, FOUND THE LEFT WING BENT AND CRUMPLED WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN SPAR. THE OPERATOR REPORTED THE WIND FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 KNOTS. (-23) ON APPROACH, THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT OF RUNWAY 17 AND AT TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK A SNOW BANK LEFT OF THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER MORE LEFT, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS AT THIS TIME THE LEFT WING WAS DRIVEN DOWN, THE STEERING COLLAR BROKE, AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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