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FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Tillimook, OR · March 18, 2010

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Date
March 18, 2010 · 11:30 local
Place
Tillimook, OR
Airport
Tillimook Airport
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7854F
Reported as
Cessna 150F
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N7854FRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 150FS/N 15063954 · Built 1966Airframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The aircraft cleared the northern airport perimeter fence and landed short of runway 13. The nose landing sheared off, the nose dug it and the aircraft flipped over. The aircraft had been righted and put in the owner's t-hanger by the time the FAA iic arrived. Inspection of the aircraft showed substantial damage to the empennage, aft fuselage, left wing tip, and engine cowling and propeller. The vertical stabilizer and rudder upper tips were crushed and broken. The horizontal stabilizers and elevators had permanent deformation cord wise mid-span, from bending loads imposed when the vertical fin and rudder came in contact with the ground. The aft fuselage had downward compression forces including a compression induced tear in the lower skin. The right side of the aft fuselage, just forward of the horizontal stabilizer had pulled rivets and skin separation. The left wing tip, inboard to the outboard wing rib had permanent deformation from downward compression forces. The spinner was crashed and propeller had slight bending damage to one blade. The nose bowl was crushed and cracked and the entire engine cowling was slightly pushed aft. The nose landing gear broke away from the mount at the upper and lower strut mount rings. The mount rings were still attached to the gear strut. Inspection of the cockpit reveled that the primer handle was not stowed and extended approximately ¾ of and inch.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT CLEARED THE NORTHERN AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE AND LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY 13. THE NOSE LANDING SHEARED OFF, THE NOSE DUG IT AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RIGHTED AND PUT IN THE OWNER'S T-HANGER BY THE TIME THE FAA IIC ARRIVED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE EMPENNAGE, AFT FUSELAGE, LEFT WING TIP, AND ENGINE COWLING AND PROPELLER. THE VERTICAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER UPPER TIPS WERE CRUSHED AND BROKEN. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS AND ELEVATORS HAD PERMANENT DEFORMATION CORD WISE MID-SPAN, FROM BENDING LOADS IMPOSED WHEN THE VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE AFT FUSELAGE HAD DOWNWARD COMPRESSION FORCES INCLUDING A COMPRESSION INDUCED TEAR IN THE LOWER SKIN. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AFT FUSELAGE, JUST FORWARD OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER HAD PULLED RIVETS AND SKIN SEPARATION. THE LEFT WING TIP, INBOARD TO THE OUTBOARD WING RIB HAD PERMANENT DEFORMATION FROM DOWNWARD COMPRESSION FORCES. THE SPINNER WAS CRASHED AND PROPELLER HAD SLIGHT BENDING DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE. THE NOSE BOWL WAS CRUSHED AND CRACKED AND THE ENTIRE ENGINE COWLING WAS SLIGHTLY PUSHED AFT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE AWAY FROM THE MOUNT AT THE UPPER AND LOWER STRUT MOUNT RINGS. THE MOUNT RINGS WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE GEAR STRUT. INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT REVELED THAT THE PRIMER HANDLE WAS NOT STOWED AND EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY ¾ OF AND INCH.