# NTSB SEA79FTI06: Cessna 150L, N10903, Stevensville, MT, January 31, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1979
- Place: Stevensville, MT · STEVENSVILLE, MT
- Location: 46.5071° N, 114.0887° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stevensville, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5071&lon=-114.0887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137673
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA79FTI06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FTI06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0099  79/1/31    STEVENSVILLE,MT     CESSNA 150L         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 18, 50 TOTAL
        TIME - 1715                    N10903              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - STEVENSVILLE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          STEVENSVILLE,MT             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ICE/SLUSH ON RUNWAY
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10903](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10903), registered now, S/N 15075123, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Stevensville

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790131001939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790131001939A), Jan 31, 1979: Cessna 150L, Stevensville, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft after touching down on icy runway. Ran off runway and overturned in snowbank.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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