Cessna 152 N67897

Summary

On 21 January 1983 at about 21:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N67897 was involved in an accident near Meriden, Connecticut, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 January 1983 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Meriden, Connecticut, United States

Nearest airport

Meriden/Markham (MMK)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N67897

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Waterbury → Meriden

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83LA055

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER RETURNING FROM AN OUT-AND-BACK X-COUNTRY, THE PLT LANDED ON A RWY WITH PATCHES OF ICE. HE STATED THAT AS THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL SEEMED TO BE FROZEN AND SKIDDED ON A PATCH OF ICE. AS THE ACFT CONTINUED TO SKID, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED A DRY PART OF THE RWY AND THE ACFT PIVOTED TO THE LEFT. THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE TRIED TO COUNTER THE MOVEMENT WITH RIGHT RUDDER AND A SLIGHT APPLICATION OF POWER. HOWEVER, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL AND NOSEWHEEL HIT A SNOWBANK AND THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.