- Date
- February 26, 1994, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Concordia, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7924GCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940226003009A
- Case key
- 9474
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Probable cause
the flight instructor's inadequate remedial action when the student pilot failed to maintain adequate directional control of the airplane during the landing roll. A related factor is the drifted snow.
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 CFI REPORTED THE STUDENT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE, THEN THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. THE CFI STATED BEFORE THEY COULD GET THE AIRPLANE BACK ON CENTERLINE, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK SOME DRIFTED SNOW AND PULLED THE AIRPLANE FURTHER RIGHT, OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE ENCOUNTERED DEEP SNOW AND NOSED OVER, COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE CFI REPORTED THE WINDS WERE OUT OF 110 DEGREES AT 10 TO 13 KNOTS. THE RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 17 (3,600' x 60', ASPHALT). POSTACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RUNWAY WAS CLEARED OF SNOW TO A WIDTH OF 53 FEET THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE LENGTH.
Factual narrative
On February 26, 1994, at 1600 central standard time, a Cessna 172, N7924G, operated by the Belleville Flyers, Inc. flying club, sustained substantial damage when it struck a snowbank and nosed over during the landing roll at the Blosser Municipal Airport in Concordia, Kansas. The Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) and student pilot reported no injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local flight, no flight plan was filed. The flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91, and originated from Concordia, Kansas approximately 1550.
The CFI stated the student pilot flew solo from the airplane's base airport in Belleville, Kansas to Concordia, to position the airplane for the dual instructional flight. The CFI reported the student's first landing during the dual flight was normal and error free. The CFI stated on the next landing, the airplane touched down on the runway centerline, then began to veer to the right. He stated the right main landing gear struck a "...frozen snow drift that blown onto the runway from the previous days winds (30-35 mph). After contact with the snowdrift the aircraft immediately pulled to the right....the aircraft began being pulled into the thicker snow...." The airplane nosed over in the snow, and came to rest inverted.
The CFI reported the winds were out of 110 degrees at 10 to 13 knots. The runway in use was Runway 17 (3,600' x 60', asphalt). Postaccident investigation revealed the runway was cleared of snow to a width of 53 feet throughout its entire length.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7924G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17259624
- Airframe hours
- 5,656
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2G, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Belleville Flyers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Belleville Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1993 · 60 hours before
- Airport
- CNK · Blosser Municipal, runway 17, 3,600 × 60 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,630 total · 580 in this make and model · 2,455 as pilot in command · 94 in the last 90 days · 31 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.