- Date
- February 7, 1983, 17:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- S. Sioux City, NE
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1911FCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830207005029A
- Case key
- 33386
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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 aircraft drifted left during landing and collided with a snow bank. The instructor stated that the inexperienced student pilot flared the aircraft too high. The aircraft contacted the runway near the centerline but strayed left stillin a nose high attitude. The left main landing gear collided with a snow bank at a speed of about 20 mph. The aircraft pivoted to the left and the right wing struck the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1911F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-72-164
- Airframe hours
- 3,640
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sioux Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 30, 1982 · 13 hours before
- Airport
- 7K8 · Martin Field, runway 14, 3,770 × 100 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
- 22
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 460 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 16 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUX, 5 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.
Other investigations on N1911F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.