# NTSB DEN85LA082: Cessna 152, N24950, Kalispell, MT, February 15, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1985, 17:15 local (Feb 15, 1985, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Coordinates: 48.190345, -114.38092 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1903&lon=-114.3809&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN85LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN85LA082

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - locked (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - ice (cause)
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N24950), registered now, S/N 15280467, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280467
- Airframe hours: 3640
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; 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)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN01LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA063), Mar 3, 2001: Cessna 152 (N24950), Grand Junction, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in porpoising and subsequently a nose over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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