- Date
- February 20, 1985, 19:30 local (Feb 21, 1985, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jeannette, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3912VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850221003899A
- Case key
- 35638
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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.
Analysis
After returning to the arpt, the plt made a night landing in light & variable wind conditions. During the landing, the acft drifted left of the centerline, encountered snow & ice, & subsequently hit a snowbank & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3912V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076650
- Airframe hours
- 2,094
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jesse, Garry
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 25, 1984
- Departed
- 5G8
- Airport
- 5G8 · Boquet, runway 1, 2,600 × 40 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 121 total · 77 in this make and model · 88 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.