COFFEYVILLE, KS, USA
N4924H
CESSNA 152
THE STUDENT PILOT FLEW FROM TULSA, OK TO COFFEYVILLE, KS TO TAKE HIS PRIVATE PILOT FLIGHT TEST. STUDENT DID NOT CHECK WEATHER OR NOTAMS AND RELIED ON INFORMATION FROM THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND WAS NOT AWARE OF THE NOTAM THAT THERE WAS A 50-FOOT WIDE STRIP CLEARED OF SNOW ON THE RUNWAY. INSTRUCTOR REMEMBERS GETTING WEATHER BRIEFING FROM CHANUTE, KS FSS BUT DOES NOT REMEMBER ASKING ABOUT NOTAMS. INSTRUCTOR STATED WINDS FOR STUDENT LANDING AT COFFEYVILLE WERE NOT AS BRIEFED BY FSS. STUDENT PILOT SAID HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 35 AND CROSSWIND PUSHED AIRPLANE INTO SNOWBANK. CHANUTE FSS WINDS BEFORE ACCIDENT WERE FROM 310 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS, WINDS NEXT HOUR WERE FROM 310 DEGREES AT 14 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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