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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150F · Richland, MO · September 4, 2018

Date
September 4, 2018 · 12:26 local
Place
Richland, MO
Airport
Richland Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8028F
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR18LA255
Reported as
Cessna 150F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total1,000 in this make and model75 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.

privacy data omitted Was giving flight instruction at the Richland airport on runway 14 performing touch and go landings. During one of the touch and go maneuvers, the aircraft?s flaps remained at 40 degrees. The aircraft traveled to the right of the runway, then back left across the runway. At 1728 feet from the displaced threshold and 7 feet from the right edge of the runway, the left wing tip contacted the runway for 36 feet. The nose wheel contacted the runway 6 feet right of centerline breaking the nose fork and wheel assembly off. The right wing tip contacted the runway 9 feet from the left edge for 4 feet. The aircraft departed the runway where the nose fork hit a concrete pylon where the runway edge light stood. This caused the aircraft to flip inverted coming to rest 26 feet off the left side of the runway.

The aircraft had damage to both wings, vertical stabilizer, and substantial damage from the firewall forward. The ground along the path of travel had gouge markings from the nose fork, propeller, spinner and cowling.

The aircraft was positioned upright and tied down. We checked the flight controls, all operated normal. The engine controls were checked and only the throttle would move due to the damage to the engine compartment. The breaks were tested from both sets of rudder pedals all were normal. Fuel was checked and no contaminants were found, oil level was at 7QTS.

privacy data omitted Was taken to the hospital with head lacerations as well as having a heart attack. It is not known when the heart attack presented itself.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION AT THE RICHLAND AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 14 PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. DURING ONE OF THE TOUCH AND GO MANEUVERS, THE AIRCRAFT?S FLAPS REMAINED AT 40 DEGREES. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY, THEN BACK LEFT ACROSS THE RUNWAY. AT 1728 FEET FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND 7 FEET FROM THE RIGHT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY FOR 36 FEET. THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY 6 FEET RIGHT OF CENTERLINE BREAKING THE NOSE FORK AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY OFF. THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY 9 FEET FROM THE LEFT EDGE FOR 4 FEET. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WHERE THE NOSE FORK HIT A CONCRETE PYLON WHERE THE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT STOOD. THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP INVERTED COMING TO REST 26 FEET OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT HAD DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, AND SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM THE FIREWALL FORWARD. THE GROUND ALONG THE PATH OF TRAVEL HAD GOUGE MARKINGS FROM THE NOSE FORK, PROPELLER, SPINNER AND COWLING.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS POSITIONED UPRIGHT AND TIED DOWN. WE CHECKED THE FLIGHT CONTROLS, ALL OPERATED NORMAL. THE ENGINE CONTROLS WERE CHECKED AND ONLY THE THROTTLE WOULD MOVE DUE TO THE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE BREAKS WERE TESTED FROM BOTH SETS OF RUDDER PEDALS ALL WERE NORMAL. FUEL WAS CHECKED AND NO CONTAMINANTS WERE FOUND, OIL LEVEL WAS AT 7QTS.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH HEAD LACERATIONS AS WELL AS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHEN THE HEART ATTACK PRESENTED ITSELF.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.