20040110035469A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150E · Princeton, MO · January 10, 2004

Date: January 10, 2004 · 18:30 local
Place: Princeton, MO
Airport: Princeton-Kauffman Mem Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N3088J
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI04LA054
Reported as: Cessna 150E
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 143 total143 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

N3088JRegistered now · Cessna 150ES/N 15061188 · Built 1965 Airframe modelCessna 150E Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot landed at night at an airport without runway lights. The runway was covered with snow. As the nosewheel plowed through the snow, the steering mechanism broke. The airplane veered to the left side of the runway and flipped over damaging the propeller, vertical stabilizer and wing spar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT LANDED AT NIGHT AT AN AIRPORT WITHOUT RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE RUNWAY WAS COVERED WITH SNOW. AS THE NOSEWHEEL PLOWED THROUGH THE SNOW, THE STEERING MECHANISM BROKE. THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER DAMAGING THE PROPELLER, VERTICAL STABILIZER AND WING SPAR.

NTSB investigation

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NTSB CHI04LA054Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPrinceton, MOThe encounter with the unknown snow drifts during landing. The factors were the snow drifts, night, and the airport's failure to issue a NOTAM on the runway conditions.Jan 11, 2004 · Substantial damage