# Accident 20141116020819A: Cessna 150L, Buffalo, MN, November 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Buffalo, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7195° N, 93.4306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7195&lon=-93.4306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6985G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6985G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141116020819A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STUCK A SNOW DRIFT.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER LEFT, AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO BEGIN SKIDDING ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROLLED TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING THE RIGHT WINGTIP ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

## 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 CEN15CA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15CA074), Nov 16, 2014: Cessna 150L (N6985G), New Buffalo, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during landing. Contributing was the snow on the runway surface.

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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