- Date
- March 1, 1986, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wisdom, MT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69043Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860301004499A
- Case key
- 16926
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Analysis
The student plt departed minden, NV on an unauthorized x-co flt that terminated in the accident at Wisdom, MT. During the landing roll at an abandoned arpt at Wisdom, the nose of the acft dug into the snow covered runway and the acft nosed over. The plt received minor injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69043
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282456
- Airframe hours
- 2,115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jack And Kay Houk
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- 415 · Minden, NV
- Destination
- 7S4 · Wisdom, MT
- Airport
- 7S4 · Wisdom, runway 1, 3,400 × 75 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 32 in this make and model · 29 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.