- Date
- March 14, 1985, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grass Valley, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N95491Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850314007729A
- Case key
- 24675
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the plt she flared too late and was too close to the left side of the 50 ft wide rwy at touchdown. The acft veered left on the lndg roll and the left main gear struck a snowbank. The plt tried to steer out of the snowbank but the nose gear also got into the snow and the acft nosed over. The slightly downhill rwy was icy and there was a right x-wind component.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95491
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 85904
- Airframe hours
- 241
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lieu-Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Departed
- PVF · Placerville, CA
- Destination
- 017 · Grass Valley, CA
- Airport
- 017 · Nevada Co, runway 25, 3,920 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 27 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MYV, 26 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.