- Date
- February 21, 1993, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bridgeport, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N252WCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930221003109A
- Case key
- 15669
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain proper runway alignment during the landing roll.
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
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve
Nose over
Analysis
The private ranch airstrip had been 'bladed' for snow removal. The pilot stated that during the landing roll the left main gear contacted a snowbank along the edge of the clear area. The airplane veered to the left where it contacted deeper snow and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N252W
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503687
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Garold N. Batterman
- Registered owner
- Garold N. Batterman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1992
- Departed
- Broadwater, NE
- Airport
- PVT · Lindberg Ranch
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,809 total · 180 in this make and model · 7,386 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 7 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AIA, 32 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.