- Date
- February 11, 1985, 15:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Siren, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4267UCessna 150D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850211003069A
- Case key
- 12999
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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 snow bank during landing. This was a solo student flt for the plt. The wind was 20 degrees off the rwy heading and varying bet 7-12 KTS in velocity. The student reported that either more brake & aileron or a running takeoff would have avoided the snow bank. The plt said his lack of experience resulted in the loss of directional control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4267U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060267
- Airframe hours
- 4,061
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald B. Tomlinson Jr
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 17, 1984
- Airport
- Y52 · Burnett County, runway 32, 3,500 × 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 167 total · 167 in this make and model · 39 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 18 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.