- Date
- January 13, 1985, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Independence, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7025XCessna 150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850113000769A
- Case key
- 33906
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
Judgment - poorCause
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank
Analysis
Plt made two go-arounds because the acft was blown to the left of the rwy. Acft touched on third attempt, veered to the left and contacted a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7025X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059125
- Airframe hours
- 3,140
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John P. Lorance, Sr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 31, 1984
- Departed
- 31P · Independence, MO
- Airport
- 31P · Independence Mem, runway 18, 2,570 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12 total · 12 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 231° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 25 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 N7025X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.