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| Date: | Sunday 14 December 1997 |
| Time: | 10:41 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Stick And Rudder Club, Inc. |
| Registration: | N68318 |
| MSN: | 15285325 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2640 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Waukegan, IL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | (KUGN) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The solo student pilot said he did not see the snowbank at the approach end of the runway on which he planned a landing due to the snowbank blending to the snow covered surface area. Impact marks indicate that the landing gear of the accident airplane impacted the 3' high snowbank prior to impacting the runway.
Probable Cause: the pilot's not identifying unsuitable terrain (snowbank) in the landing area, and his not selecting the proper touchdown point. A factor was the snowbank.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI98LA060
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 January 1985 | N68318 | Jones Aviation Corp | 0 | Des Moines, IA | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Mar-2024 06:19 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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