19980119002979I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150F · Prineville, OR · January 19, 1998

Date: January 19, 1998 · 15:45 local
Place: Prineville, OR
Airport: Prineville Airport
Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8472G
Reported as: Cessna 150F
Reported engine: Continental O200A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 15 total15 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

N8472GRegistered now · Cessna 150FS/N 15062572 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 150F Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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 was conducting touch and go landings at Prineville Airport, OR. While applying power for take off, the nose gear collapsed causing the aircraft to settle onto the runway. As the aircraft settled to the runway, the propeller contacted the surface and the aircraft skidded off the left side of the runway into the gravel. This resulted in minor damage in the form of a bent propeller, broken engine mount, and scraped and dented cowling and wing tip.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT PRINEVILLE AIRPORT, OR. WHILE APPLYING POWER FOR TAKE OFF, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE RUNWAY, THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRAVEL. THIS RESULTED IN MINOR DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF A BENT PROPELLER, BROKEN ENGINE MOUNT, AND SCRAPED AND DENTED COWLING AND WING TIP.