- Date
- January 1, 1983, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Springbrook, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89399Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830101000129A
- Case key
- 12063
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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 acft collided with a four ft snowbank at the rwy threshold during landing. This was a dual instructional flt with the student in the right seat. The CFI had made no landings in this make and model of acft in the previous 90 days. The pilot stated that due to the lighting and snow in the background the definition of the snowbank was hard to distinguish during the approach.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89399
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8431
- Airframe hours
- 1,714
- Engine
- Continental C85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joe Springer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1982
- Departed
- RIE · Rice Lake, WI
- Airport
- Springbrook, runway 27, 2,000 × 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 326 total · 107 in this make and model · 275 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.