Plane Crash List

Cessna 152 N5329B

1 March 1989 · Crookston, Minnesota, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 March 1989 at about 22:15 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5329B, operated by University of North Dakota, was involved in an accident near Crookston, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 22:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Crookston, Minnesota, United States
Nearest airport
Crookston (CKN)
Coordinates
47.7692, -96.6000
Aircraft
Cessna 152
Registration
N5329B
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Grand Forks → Crookston
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC89LA069

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE ICY/SNOW COVERED RUNWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID THAT AFTER PERFORMING 4 OR 5 TOUCH AND GOES WITH THE INSTRUCTOR ONBOARD, THE CFI DEPLANNED AND SIGNED THE STUDENT OFF FOR FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. THE FIRST LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT INCIDENT, BUT ON THE SECOND LANDING, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST, AND THE ACFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO DEEPER SNOW AND NOSED OVER. THE RUNWAY HAD BEEN PLOWED, BUT WAS STILL COVERED WITH PATCHES OF ICE AND SNOW. THE PLT SAID THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS QUITE ROUGH IN PLACES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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