- Date
- February 14, 1985, 17:15 local (Feb 15, 1985, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kalispell, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N24950Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 16639
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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 acft collided with a snowbank during the landing roll following a loss of directional control. The plt reported that the left brake froze or locked up when it was applied during the landing. Inspection revealed that there was a substantial amount of ice on the landing gear in the area of the brake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24950
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280467
- Airframe hours
- 3,640
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stockhill Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1984
- Airport
- S27 · Kalispell City, runway 13, 3,600 × 70 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 60 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
Other investigations on N24950 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.