Cessna 150L accident near New Buffalo, Minnesota, November 16, 2014
On November 16, 2014 at about 7:00 pm local time, a Cessna 150L, registered N6985G, was substantially damaged in an accident near New Buffalo, Minnesota (Buffalo Municipal airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The student pilot's failure to maintain directional control and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action during landing. Contributing was the snow on the runway surface.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- November 16, 2014 · about 7:00 pm local time
- Place
- New Buffalo, Minnesota · Buffalo Municipal · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150L · all 150Ls on the register
- Registration
- N6985G · registry record · serial 15072485
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The airplane veered off the runway during landing while on an instructional flight with a student pilot and a flight instructor. During the landing, the airplane's left main landing gear wheel contacted snow on the runway, which resulted in the airplane veering into a snowbank along the runway edge and impacting the ground with the right wing. The airplane sustained substantial damage when the right wing contacted the ground. The flight instructor reported that there was no mechanical malfunction/failure with the airplane that would have precluded normal airplane operation.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- 550230 during descent
- 550300 during descent
- 550470 during descent
The NTSB's findings
- cause Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- cause Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action › (general) › Instructor/check pilot
- factor Environmental issues › Physical environment › Runway/land/takeoff/taxi surface › Snow/slush/ice covered › Contributed to outcome
Dual student
- Ratings: none, none, none, none
- Flight time: 14 hours in all; 13 in this make and model; 8 in the last 90 days; 8 in the last 30 days; 0 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: class 3
- Injury: no injuries
Flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land, APLN
- Flight time: 634 hours in all; 6 in this make and model; 206 in the last 90 days; 96 in the last 30 days; 603 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: May 7, 2014
- Medical certificate: class 1
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4,115.9 hours
- Last inspection: type not recorded, December 5, 2013
- Maximum gross weight: 1,600 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-200-A (piston); 4,116 hours total
- Operating certificate: in the vicinity
The flight
- Departed from: FCM Eden Prairie MN at 6:40 pm
- Destination: FCE Buffalo MN
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 18, 3,200 ft by 75 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: scattered at 11,000 ft
- Temperature: 54°C, dew point 63°C
- Altimeter: 29.870001 inHg
- Observation at 6:55 pm from CFE
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN15CA074.