- Date
- February 22, 1990, 17:20 local (Feb 23, 1990, 01:20 UTC)
- Place
- Yamhill, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N64895Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900222007879A
- Case key
- 41168
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain. Factors related to the accident were: the runway conditions and the tree.
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
During the landing roll on a snow covered runway, the pilot was unable to maintain directional control. Subsequently, the airplane traveled off the runway and collided with a tree. After the accident, the pilot noted that the runway was covered with wet/slushy snow that was 6 to 12 inches deep.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N64895
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281461
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- A & J Aircraft
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- HIO · Portland, OR
- Airport
- OR05 · Flying M, runway 25, 2,125 × 40 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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 79 total · 61 in this make and model · 19 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °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 N64895 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.