- Date
- February 28, 1990, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Lenox, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67950Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900228003099A
- Case key
- 14638
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Probable cause
Pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the touchdown and landing roll phases of flight, due to deposits of slush frozen on the left landing gear brake.
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 pilot stated that after the aircraft touched down 'the left wheel...would not roll...' And the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway into a ditch filled with plowed snow. Post-accident examination of the landing gear and brakes revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or difficulty. The pilot reported that the movement areas (including the sod runway) at his departure airport had areas that were covered with slush and snow. He stated that he discovered frozen slush on the left main landing gear brake after the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67950
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282112
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Flying C Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1989
- Departed
- 0C8 · Newark, IL
- Destination
- 1C2 · New Lenox, IL
- Airport
- 1C2 · New Lenox-Howell, runway 4, 2,376 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 130 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 28 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.