- Date
- February 20, 1984, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Norton, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714CHCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840220004349A
- Case key
- 33635
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experienceCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
The solo student landed in a light crosswind on a rwy with patches of snow and ice. The acft slid sideways after bouncing and collided with a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714CH
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079070
- Airframe hours
- 2,138
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Spicer Air Service
- Registered owner
- Go Leasing Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- PHG · Phillipsburg, KS
- Airport
- K73 · Norton Muni, runway 35, 2,500 × 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.