Cessna 150 N3438J

Summary

On 2 March 2013 at about 15:45 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N3438J, operated by Anthony J Longley, was involved in an accident near Naples, Maine, 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.

Date

2 March 2013 at 15:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Naples, Maine, United States

Coordinates

44.0206, -70.6422

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N3438J

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Anthony J Longley

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fryeburg → Limginton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13LA151

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s improper decision to land on a frozen lake.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

For the solo instructional flight, the student pilot had obtained an endorsement from his flight instructor to fly from the departure airport to the destination airport. During the flight, the student pilot decided to make an unauthorized stop and land on a frozen lake to visit a friend. Upon touchdown on the lake, which was covered in a layer of slush and snow, the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over, resulting in substantial damage to the engine firewall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.