- Date
- January 12, 1984, 16:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Seneca Falls, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8108UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840112008499A
- Case key
- 35489
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
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During the landing rollout the acft hit an icy patch of rwy and at the same time encountered a gusty crosswind. The acftskidded into a snowbank and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8108U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077885
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond W. Copp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1984
- Departed
- OG7 · Seneca Falls, NY
- Airport
- 0G7 · Seneca Falls, runway 18, 3,200 × 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 52 total · 52 in this make and model · 28 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.