- Date
- November 7, 1992, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Cloud, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24975Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921107045789A
- Case key
- 15620
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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 pilot stated the accident occurred during the third landing of a practice set of takeoffs and landings. He stated that after touching down the airplane veered to the right. He stated he applied left rudder to no avail. The airplane contacted a snowbank alongside the runway and nosed down prior to coming to rest on the landing gear. The student had 43 hours of flight time, 9 of which were solo.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24975
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280484
- Airframe hours
- 4,486
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Cloud State University
- Registered owner
- St. Cloud State University
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 7, 1992 · 69 hours before
- Airport
- STC · St. Cloud Municipal, runway 13, 5,200 × 100 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 43 total · 43 in this make and model · 9 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STC, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.