- Date
- January 31, 1982, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Caldwell, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17065Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820131003519A
- Case key
- 70095
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was at the controls during a landing on runway 04. The wind was from 330 degrees at 15 knots. The instructor reported that the plane was slipped to the left on short final, and shortly thereafter, the right wheel struck a snowbank. The student applied full power and the aircraft drifted to the right and struck another snowbank on the right side. The instructor tried to maintain control but was too late. The aircraft impacted snow and overturned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17065
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073615
- Airframe hours
- 2,924
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- General Aviation
- Registered owner
- Forester J Kennedy
- Departed
- Teterboro, NY
- Destination
- Caldwell, NJ
- Airport
- CDW · Essex County Airport, runway 4, 4,550 × 80 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
- 33
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 404 total · 372 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 32 °F
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 N17065 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.