- Date
- December 29, 1984, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Fargo, ND
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N48738Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841229068909A
- Case key
- 16616
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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
According to the solo student plt, the landing was made in a snow filled ditch aprx 5 ft right of the rwy. The nose gear collapsed and the acft nosed over. The plt and his CFI stated that rwy markings were inadequate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N48738
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Airframe hours
- 919
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary Sternitzky
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 15, 1984 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Fargo, ND
- Airport
- West Fargo, runway 35, 4,500 × ft, grass/turf
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 21 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -6 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.