- Date
- March 1, 1989, 16:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Crookston, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5329BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890301002909A
- Case key
- 34759
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll. Contributing to the accident was the icy/snow covered runway.
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.
Analysis
The student pilot said that after performing 4 or 5 touch and goes with the instructor onboard, the CFI deplanned and signed the student off for first solo flight. The first landing was accomplished without incident, but on the second landing, directional control was lost, and the acft veered off the runway into deeper snow and nosed over. The runway had been plowed, but was still covered with patches of ice and snow. The plt said the runway surface was quite rough in places.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5329B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283837
- Airframe hours
- 4,318
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-N2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- University Of North Dakota
- Registered owner
- Hammond, George R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 15, 1989 · 97 hours before
- Departed
- GFK · Grand Forks, ND
- Destination
- CKN · Crookston, MN
- Airport
- CKN · Crookston, runway 31, 3,502 × 75 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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 16 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AXN, 100 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 N5329B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.