- Date
- January 8, 1985, 17:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Des Moines, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N68318Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850108010389A
- Case key
- 33903
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt was informed of holes along the right side of the rwy so he intentionally touched own on the left side of the rwy. The left main gear contacted a snowbank which paralled the rwy and the acft nosed into the snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68318
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285325
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jones Aviation Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 5C8 · Runnellses, IA
- Airport
- 5C8 · Jones Field, runway 31, 2,580 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 18 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 17 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 N68318 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.