Cessna 150L N6985G

Summary

On 16 November 2014 at about 19:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N6985G was involved in an accident near New Buffalo, Minnesota, 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

16 November 2014 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

New Buffalo, Minnesota, United States

Nearest airport

Buffalo Municipal (CFE)

Coordinates

44.7195, -93.4306

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N6985G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Eden Prairie → Buffalo

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN15CA074

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during landing. Contributing was the snow on the runway surface.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane veered off the runway during landing while on an instructional flight with a student pilot and a flight instructor. During the landing, the airplane's left main landing gear wheel contacted snow on the runway, which resulted in the airplane veering into a snowbank along the runway edge and impacting the ground with the right wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage when the right wing contacted the ground. The flight instructor reported that there was no mechanical malfunction/failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal airplane operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.