- Date
- February 6, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, MN
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10794Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820206003009A
- Case key
- 70076
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The instructor and student departed with the intention of making a touch and go landing after takeoff. During the landing, the aircraft veered to the right and struck a 3 to 4 ft snowbank. The student stated that on short final, the aircraft dropped and bounced. He said that when the main landing gear came in contact with the runway, he felt a pull to the right and attempted to correct with left rudder. The instructor reported that the runway was covered with 1/2 inch of fluffy snow. The temperature was 5 degrees. Both the student and instructor suspected that the right brake had frozen. Along with other damage, the right wheel had separated and the right strut was bent back. The aircraft had flown earlier in the day without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10794
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075045
- Airframe hours
- 2,862
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- C. O. Anderson
- Registered owner
- C. O. Anderson
- Departed
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, MN
- Destination
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, MN
- Airport
- 8Y2 · Buffalo, runway 17, 2,600 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 65
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 20,119 total · 6,020 in this make and model · 20,119 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 41 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.