# NTSB MKC84LA080: Cessna 150M, N714CH, Norton, KS, February 20, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 20, 1984, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Norton, KS
- Coordinates: 39.340068, -100.069313 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3401&lon=-100.0693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA080

## 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
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714CH), registered now, S/N 15079070, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15079070
- Airframe hours: 2138
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840220004349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840220004349A), Feb 20, 1984: Cessna 150M, Norton, KS, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Came down in a crab angle due to crosswing. Slid sideways into snowbank on edge of the runway.

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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