N94252

Safety history

• March 8, 1989Accident

  IMPROPER DECISION AND PLANNING BY THE CHECK PILOT (F/E) WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF PROPER ALIGNMENT AND COLLISION WITH A SNOWBANK AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE F/E, F/E'S UNSECURED SHOULDER HARNESS, PREMATURE LIFT-OFF BY THE F/E, CROSSWIND, SNOWBANK & WET/SNOW COVERED TERRAIN.

  Cessna 152

  IMPROPER DECISION AND PLANNING BY THE CHECK PILOT (F/E) WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF PROPER ALIGNMENT AND COLLISION WITH A SNOWBANK AT THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT BY THE F/E, F/E'S UNSECURED SHOULDER HARNESS, PREMATURE LIFT-OFF BY THE F/E, CROSSWIND, SNOWBANK & WET/SNOW COVERED TERRAIN. Full accident record

• January 3, 1982Accident

  UPON ARRIVING IN THE VICINITY OF THE DESTINATION AIRPORT THE PILOT STARTED TO REDUCE POWER IN PREPARATION FOR THE DESCENT WHEN HE OBSERVED THAT THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS. ALL ATTEMPTS MADE TO RESTORE POWER ON THE ENGINE WERE TO NO AVAIL AND THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO MAKE A LANDING ON A RIVER BANK BORDERED WITH MANGROVE TREES.

  Cessna 210L