Cessna 150M N66314
20 November 1998 · Tower, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 November 1998 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N66314 was involved in an accident near Tower, 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 22:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tower, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tower Airport (12D)
- Coordinates
- 47.8092, -92.2897
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M
- Registration
- N66314
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Ely → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI99LA036
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
the student pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane after landing. Factors contributing to this accident were the icy runway and the snowbank.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
On his third landing at the Tower, Minnesota Airport, the pilot said that he touched down left of the runway centerline, and failed to correct back. He said that 'the left landing gear caught a [snow] drift and caused the nose [of the airplane] to turn into a snowbank.' Examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 150 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1998 | Cessna 150H | Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Oct 1998 | Cessna 150M | Pocahontas, Mississippi, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 21 May 1998 | Cessna 150 | Griffith, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 1998 | Cessna 150 | Alliance, Nebraska, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 27 Jun 1998 | Cessna 150G | Perry, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jul 1998 | Cessna 150K | Yorba Linda, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 10,427 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 1998 | Cessna A185F | Isanti, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 1998 | Great Lakes 2T-1A-2 | Tower, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1998 | Cessna A188B | Crookston, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 23 Nov 1998 | Beechcraft BE-55 | Crystal, Minnesota, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 21 May 1998 | Kreatz GENESIS | Maple Lake, Minnesota, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 2 Sep 1998 | Cessna 172N | Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |