- Date
- November 26, 1982, 15:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Afton, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24378Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821126060289A
- Case key
- 69695
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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 he touched down on the snow covered runway and the brakes were frozen. The aircraft hit bare pavement and veered to the left. Wheel dropped off edge of runway into a snow bank. The aircraft nosed over. An interview with the pilot revealed that the pilot had taxied and taken off through patches of slush. The aircraft was equipped with wheel pants.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24378
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280244
- Airframe hours
- 1,655
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Steve Graham
- Registered owner
- Jerry Campbell
- Departed
- AFO · Afton, WY
- Destination
- AFO · Afton, WY
- Airport
- AFO · Afton Municipal, runway 34, 4,200 × 45 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 19 total · 19 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 80 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RKS, 145 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.
Other investigations on N24378 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.