- Date
- January 14, 1986, 14:55 local (21:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mead, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714AQCessna 150-M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860114010969A
- Case key
- 40343
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snow coveredFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on the runway which was covered with 11 inches of snow. The main gear dug into the snow and the right wing tip caught turning the aircraft sideways.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714AQ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150-M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079030
- Airframe hours
- 1,689
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pan Rama Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 1985 · 66 hours before
- Departed
- 63S · Colville, WA
- Destination
- 70S · Mead, WA
- Airport
- 2OS · Mead Airport, runway 34, 2,550 × 30 ft, snow
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
- 28
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 607 total · 355 in this make and model · 402 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.