- Date
- January 22, 1987, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Coffeyville, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4924HCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870122000919A
- Case key
- 34336
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot flew from tulsa, ok to Coffeyville, KS to take his private pilot flight test. Student did not check weather or NOTAMS and relied on information from the flight instructor and was not aware of the NOTAM that there was a 50-foot wide strip cleared of snow on the runway. Instructor remembers getting weather briefing from chanute, KS fss but does not remember asking about NOTAMS. Instructor stated winds for student landing at Coffeyville were not as briefed by fss. Student pilot said he landed on runway 35 and crosswind pushed airplane into snowbank. Chanute fss winds before accident were from 310 degrees at 17 knots, winds next hour were from 310 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 22 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4924H
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284023
- Airframe hours
- 3,647
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Christiansen Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 2, 1986 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- RVS · Tulsa, OK
- Airport
- CFV · Municipal, runway 35, 5,873 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 62 in this make and model · 20 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 21 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNU, 36 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.