- Date
- December 26, 1987, 11:39 local (17:39 UTC)
- Place
- Redwood Falls, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704XXCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871226076529A
- Case key
- 14026
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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
Wind was 210 degrees at 13 knots when the student pilot attempted a landing on snow compacted runway 12. The student stated that a gust of wind pushed the aircraft sideways and it struck a snowbank when it exited the runway to the left.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704XX
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078966
- Airframe hours
- 3,413
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Sun Aviation
- Registered owner
- Sun Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- CBG · Cambridge, MN
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RWF · Redwood Falls Muni., runway 12, 4,000 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 11 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.