- Date
- March 5, 1989, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Superior, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5315DCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890305003269A
- Case key
- 14328
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during the landing, which resulted in an inadvertent ground swerve. Factors related to the accident were the icy and snow covered runway conditions and the snowbank.
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
Shortly after touchdown on a snow and ice covered runway, the student pilot experienced a loss of directional control as he applied brakes in an attempt to slow the aircraft. The aircraft veered to the left and departed the left side of the runway, where it impacted a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5315D
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17272512
- Airframe hours
- 2,090
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Twin Ports Flying Services,Inc
- Registered owner
- Twin Ports Flying Services,Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 21, 1988 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- SUW · Superior, WI
- Airport
- SUW · Richard I Bong, runway 13, 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
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 16 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 5 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5315D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.