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Cessna 150 N9115U

12 November 1985 · Rainbow Lake, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 12 November 1985 at about 19:45 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N9115U, operated by Jesse Jasper, was involved in an accident near Rainbow Lake, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:45
Classification
Accident
Location
Rainbow Lake, Alaska, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 150
Registration
N9115U
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Jesse Jasper
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Anchorage → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC86LA008

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

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

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN ON A SNOW COVERED, FROZEN LAKE, HE WAS UNABLE TO HOLD THE NOSE GEAR UP, DUE TO THE DEPTH OF THE SNOW. WHEN THE NOSE CAME DOWN, THE NOSE GEAR BUCKLED UNDER & THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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