- Date
- January 20, 1988, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Delta, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6372KCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880120001009A
- Case key
- 17440
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the landing roll, the acft swerved to the right into a snowbank and nosed over. The plt said he found snow packed between the landing gear wheel and wheel pants restricting the wheel from rotating. In his recommendation for prevention, the plt stated that wheel pants should be removed for operations in snow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6372K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077672
- Airframe hours
- 3,689
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Darrell Steven Lester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1987 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- DTA · Delta Municipal, runway 12, 5,935 × 85 ft, snow
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 1 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Observed at
- U24
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6372K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.