Cessna 150E N3088J

Summary

On 11 January 2004 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 150E registered N3088J was involved in an accident near Princeton, Missouri, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

11 January 2004 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Princeton, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

Princeton-Kauffman Memorial (7MO)

Coordinates

40.4208, -93.5989

Aircraft

Cessna 150E

Registration

N3088J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Macon → Princeton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

CHI04LA054

Nobody was injured.

The encounter with the unknown snow drifts during landing. The factors were the snow drifts, night, and the airport's failure to issue a NOTAM on the runway conditions.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane sustained substantial damage when it nosed over on contact with a snow drift during a night landing. The pilot stated, "On approach slowed to 60 [knots] airspeed and three notches flaps on touchdown the wheels seemed to slow that pulled nose wheel down and it seemed to slow also, when the nose wheel slowed I lost control, veered to the left somewhat. At about 150 feet the plane flipped tail over nose at edge of runway. Upon exiting plane, determined there was 6" to 8" of snow [at] 1830 PM." The pilot did not list any mechanical malfunctions in reference to the flight. The airport did not issue any notice to airmen (NOTAM) to the Flight Service Station concerning the runway conditions present at the time of the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.