# Accident 20040110035469A: Cessna 150E, Princeton, MO, January 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 10, 2004, 18:30 local time
- Place: Princeton, MO
- Airport: Princeton-Kauffman Mem Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4208° N, 93.5989° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4208&lon=-93.5989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3088J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3088J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 143 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040110035469A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CHI04LA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04LA054), Jan 11, 2004: Cessna 150E (N3088J), Princeton, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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.

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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