- Date
- March 28, 1987, 14:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Cavalier, ND
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2848VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870328007609A
- Case key
- 17183
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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 pilot was landing with a cross wind. The aircraft bounced and drifted into snow bank along the right edge of the runway. The nose gear was broken off in the collision with the snow bank and the engine was pushed into the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2848V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076300
- Airframe hours
- 2,740
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John R. Halldorson
- Registered owner
- John R. Haldorson
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1987 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- ND06 · Cavalier Municipal, runway 34, 2,570 × 50 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 50 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GFK, 53 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.