- Date
- December 8, 1995, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Moultonboro, NH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45625Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19951208047499A
- Case key
- 39131
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Probable cause
failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing, which allowed the plane to depart the runway and collide with a snowbank. A factor relating to the accident was: the icy runway condition.
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
The airplane had landed on a runway, which was covered with ice and blowing snow. The runway was 3,625 feet long and 50 feet wide. The pilot stated that after touching down on the runway, the airplane 'slipped to the left.' Subsequently, it struck a snow bank and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On December 8, 1995, about 1245 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N45625, collided with a snow bank during the landing roll at the Moultonboro Airport, Moultonboro, New Hampshire. The airplane was substantially damaged, and the private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The local personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The airplane had landed on a runway, which was covered with ice and blowing snow. The runway was 3,625 feet long and 50 feet wide. During the landing roll the airplane veered to the left, departed the runway, struck a snow bank and nosed over.
The piloted stated that after touching down on runway 02, the airplane "slipped to the left." He further stated:
I applied right rudder. The plane corrected, and then again slipped to the left. As I was again applying right rudder, the left wheel caught the snow bank...the plane veered to the left, balanced on it's nose and came to rest on its back....
The pilot's total flight time was 58.2 hours, with 58 hours in this make and model airplane.
The reported local weather was; clear, visibility 10 miles, winds from 350 degrees, at 4 to 8 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45625
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076996
- Airframe hours
- 5,028
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dodge Aero Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 13, 1995 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- LCI · Laconia, NH
- Airport
- NH08 · Moultonboro, runway 2, 3,625 × 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 58 total · 58 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 4 knots, gusting 8
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.