# NTSB DEN88LA056: Cessna 150M, N6372K, Delta, UT, January 20, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 20, 1988, 13:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Delta, UT
- Coordinates: 39.290081, -112.559059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2901&lon=-112.5591&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN88LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA056

## 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,wheel - movement restricted (cause)
  - directional control - not possible (cause)
  - misc eqpt/furnishings - not removed (cause)
  - procedures/directives - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6372K-1991-04-18), registration cancelled 1991-04-18, S/N 15077672 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077672
- Airframe hours: 3689
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880120001009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120001009A), Jan 20, 1988: Cessna 150M, Delta, UT, Substantial damage. Veered off runway into a snowbank on landing and flipped over. Right landing gear wheel blocked by packed snow.

## Other investigations on N6372K (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 DEN89LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89LA204), Sep 1, 1989: Cessna 150M (N6372K), Delta, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A GROUND SWERVE. SOFT TERRAIN BESIDE THE RUNWAY WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

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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