- Date
- January 8, 1986, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Charlotte, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N50255Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860108000619A
- Case key
- 13405
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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 student was performing a practice approach to an emergency landing on a frozen, snow covered lake. After he had flown to an altitude low over the lake the instructor took over the controls. At this point the aircraft struck a ridge of snow and came to a stop on the lake. The instructor stated that he should have taken control of the aircraft sooner. He also stated that had the approach been flown closer to the edge of the lake, he would have been able to judge his height above the snow better.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50255
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069170
- Airframe hours
- 3,554
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steven P. Dionise
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 1, 1985 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 07G · Charlotte, MI
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 810 total · 375 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 105 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.