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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · El Monte, CA · April 11, 1981

Date
April 11, 1981 · 15:12 local
Place
El Monte, CA
Airport
El Monte
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1244Q
Reported as
Cessna 150L
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,081 total10 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot encountered a whirlwind just before touchdown. Landed on nose wheel. Damage to prop and nose wheel assembly.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ENCOUNTERED A WHIRLWIND JUST BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. LANDED ON NOSE WHEEL. DAMAGE TO PROP AND NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

Other reports on N1244Q · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.