# NTSB DEN86LA063: Cessna 150H, N23148, West Fargo, ND, January 4, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 4, 1986, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: West Fargo, ND
- Coordinates: 46.869453, -96.890357 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8695&lon=-96.8904&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 16912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA063
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/16912/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA063

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow covered (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank

## Analysis

ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PLT, HE WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, WHEN THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE SIDE OF THE RWY AND CONTACTED A SNOW BANK. THE PLT INDICATED HE HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF APX 23 HRS, INCLUDING 1.5 HRS SOLO. THIS WAS HIS THIRD SOLO FLT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N23148](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23148), registered now, S/N 15068754, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15068754
- Airframe hours: 3758
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Gary R. Weber
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, March 19, 1985, 71 hours before
- Departed: FAR, FARGO, ND
- Airport: D54, West Fargo Utility, runway 17, 3,830 × 147 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 23 total, 23 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 10 °F, dew point 5 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FAR, 4 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860104000589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860104000589A), Jan 4, 1986: Cessna 150H, West Fargo, ND, Substantial damage. Veered off runway side during touch and go, and hit a snowbank. Runway was covered with compacted snow.

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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