# NTSB Accident CHI99LA091
> **Cessna 172R** · 1999-03-10 · BATTLE CREEK, MI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI99LA091
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00278
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-03-10
- **Location:** BATTLE CREEK, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.309093, -85.110069
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 172R
- **Registration:** N989AV
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the loss of directional control by the pilot.  Factors to the accident were the lack of total experience of the pilot, the snow covered runway condition, the snowbank, and the flight instructor not verifying the runway snow removal with the Duty Instructor prior to releasing the student pilot for solo operations.

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