- Date
- January 21, 1987, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Orange, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5171BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870121002849A
- Case key
- 30582
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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
Pilot was landing after a cross country solo flight. The aircraft hit a patch of ice and the pilot lost directional control causing the aircraft to collide nose first with a snow bank. The aircraft then swung the right wing around into the snow, causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5171B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283787
- Airframe hours
- 1,658
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fern'S Flying Service
- Registered owner
- David S. Piper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1986
- Departed
- CON · Concord, NH
- Destination
- ORE · Orange, MA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ORE · Orange, runway 32, 5,000 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 83 total · 80 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 10 °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 N5171B · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.