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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event NYC85LA068

1985-02-17 JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania, United States Airport · 5G8 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N69142

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 152

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A9316C

Registrant of record

DINKEL GARY D

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PLT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS WHEN ON THE SECOND LANDING THE ACFT BOUNCED. THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE AND LANDED WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR IN SOFT, WET SNOW. THE ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OVER THE SNOW FOR APRX 200 FT WHERE IT NOSED OVER AFTER CONTACTING AN AREA OF MUD. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1985_NYC85LA068.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (icing). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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