# Accident 20061125023859A: Cessna 152, Missoula, MT, November 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2006, 15:38 local time
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Airport: Missoula International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9914° N, 114.0906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9914&lon=-114.0906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N93239, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N93239) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061125023859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC WAS STUDENT PILOT ON HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO. HE WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TO REMAIN IN THE LOCAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR 6-8 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. THE STUDENT DECIDED TO DEPART THE PATTERN AND FLY TO FRENCHTOWN, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES NW OF THE MISSOULA AIRPORT. UPON RETURNING TO THE MISSOULA AIRPORT, HE ENCOUNTERED DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS BROUGHT ABOUT BY A SNOW SQUALL. HIS ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS FROM ATC WERE TO ENTER A DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 29 AT THE MISSOULA AIRPORT. AT SOME POINT THE CONTROLLER REALIZED THAT THIS MIGHT RESULT IN THE PILOT FLYING INTO MARGINAL CONDITIONS. TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, THE CONTROLLER TOLD THE PILOT TO MAKE A RIGHT 180 DEGREE TURN AND ENTER THE RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 11. THE PILOT WAS DISORIENTED AND MADE A PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 07. HE LANDED LONG AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 07, APPROXIMATELY 900' FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY AND RAN OFF THE END OF RUNWAY 07. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAXI TO THE RAMP VIA A SERVICE ROAD. UPON TURNING ONTO THE ROAD THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED A CHAIN LINK FENCE AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED INTO THE FENCE DAMAGING THE WING AND PROP.

## 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 SEA07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA024), Nov 25, 2006: Cessna 152 (N93239), Missoula, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's misjudged distance/speed during final approach, which resulted in an overrun during landing roll and collision with a fence.

## Other reports on N93239 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840930052559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840930052559A), Sep 30, 1984: Cessna 152 (N93239), Missoula, MT, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing collapsing nose wheel and then went off the runway.

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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