- Date
- January 29, 1987, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Taunton, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49769Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870129060369A
- Case key
- 30585
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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
A student pilot allowed the aircraft to drift to the left side of the runway during landing roll. The left main gear caught a snowbank, causing the airplane to pivot counterclockwise into the snow and was substantially damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49769
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283508
- Airframe hours
- 739
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Don Denneer
- Registered owner
- King Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 6, 1986 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- TAN · Taunton, runway 30, 3,500 × 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
- 21
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 37 °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 N49769 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.