Accident Cessna 150 N18583, Friday 18 January 1991

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Date:	Friday 18 January 1991
Time:	15:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 150
Owner/operator:	Buchmiller Avaition
Registration:	N18583
MSN:	15073961
Year of manufacture:	1972
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Rolla, ND - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Garrison, ND (D05)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
WHILE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON A SNOW PACKED RUNWAY, WITH A GUSTY CROSSWIND, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST ON THE ROLL OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause: COMPENSATION FOR WIND WAS INADEQUATE ANAD DIRECTIONAL CONTROL NOT MAINTAIN BY THE PIC. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: SNOW COVERED RUNWAY, GUSTY CROSSWIND, AND A SNOWBANK.

Accident investigation: