- Date
- January 17, 1993, 16:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Scotia, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6379MCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930117029239A
- Case key
- 11896
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Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. The snow covered runway was a related factor.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that as the airplane touched down on the snow packed runway, it began to be 'jarred to the left.' He applied back pressure, the airplane lifted off the runway and settled back down. Again it veered to the left while full opposite rudder was applied. The airplane impacted a snow bank on the side of the runway and nosed over. No mechanical malfunction was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6379M
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284701
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Richmor Aviation, Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Richmor Aviation, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 30, 1992 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- 5B2
- Destination
- 5B2
- Airport
- 5B2 · Saratoga Springs, runway 5, 4,700 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 27 °F
- Observed at
- ALB, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.