- Date
- February 13, 1988, 10:19 local (15:19 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N49540Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880213002439A
- Case key
- 14045
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Supervision - inadequateCause
Nose over
Analysis
While taxiing for takeoff the aircraft experienced a nose over when it contacted a snowbank. The instructor stated that she allowed the student pilot to taxi too fast and was unable to take control of the aircraft soon enough to avoid hitting the snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49540
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283472
- Airframe hours
- 4,470
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Carlson Aviation Service, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Carlson Aviation Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1987 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- LAN
- Airport
- LAN · Capital
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 397 total · 44 in this make and model · 218 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Observed at
- LAN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.