ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365761
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Date: | Monday 21 January 1991 |
Time: | 17:30 LT |
Type: | Cessna 152 |
Owner/operator: | University Of North Dakota |
Registration: | N95684 |
MSN: | 15285977 |
Year of manufacture: | 1985 |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-N2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Erskine, MN -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Bemidji, MN (KBJI) |
Destination airport: | Grand Forks, ND (GFK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT SAID THAT WHILE ON A STUDENT SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, SHE ENCOUNTERED SNOW SHOWERS, TURBULENCE AND MARGINAL VISIBILITY. A 180 DEGREE TURN WAS INITIATED TOWARDS A NEARBY AIRPORT, BUT AFTER LOSING ALTITUDE IN THE TURN, AND FIGHTING THE TURBULENCE, A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON A RURAL ROAD. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST DURING THE LANDING ROLL AND THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A SNOWBANK AND NOSED OVER.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING THE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT'S INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI91LA077 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 2 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA077
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