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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Lenoir, NC · August 31, 1997

Date
August 31, 1997 · 16:45 local
Place
Lenoir, NC
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N704DP
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
9 total9 in this make and model5 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.

Narrative: pilot landed fast, applied the brakes during rollout, and lost directional control of the aircraft. He veered off the runway to the right. Aircraft hit a gully and the nose gear collapsed. Pilot did not have aircraft under control. He is a student pilot. This was his first solo flight since February 1997.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT LANDED FAST, APPLIED THE BRAKES DURING ROLLOUT, AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT HIT A GULLY AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PILOT DID NOT HAVE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL. HE IS A STUDENT PILOT. THIS WAS HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT SINCE FEBRUARY 1997.