What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The commercial pilot was conducting flight instruction in a Cessna CE150 tri-gear aircraft. They were practicing night landings when the student pilot handed over the controls to the instructor, who had been cleared to land on the lake Hood gravel strip. Due to the presence of multiple runways in the area, the pilot's lack of experience at lake Hood, and darkness, the pilot became disoriented and mistakenly landed on the frozen, snow-covered waterway used for ski-plane operations this time of year. After landing the aircraft's landing gear to sank into the deep snow causing the aircraft to flip over.
As the FAA filed it
THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION IN A CESSNA CE150 TRI-GEAR AIRCRAFT. THEY WERE PRACTICING NIGHT LANDINGS WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT HANDED OVER THE CONTROLS TO THE INSTRUCTOR, WHO HAD BEEN CLEARED TO LAND ON THE LAKE HOOD GRAVEL STRIP. DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF MULTIPLE RUNWAYS IN THE AREA, THE PILOT'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE AT LAKE HOOD, AND DARKNESS, THE PILOT BECAME DISORIENTED AND MISTAKENLY LANDED ON THE FROZEN, SNOW-COVERED WATERWAY USED FOR SKI-PLANE OPERATIONS THIS TIME OF YEAR. AFTER LANDING THE AIRCRAFT'S LANDING GEAR TO SANK INTO THE DEEP SNOW CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.
Other reports on N6333G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.