- Date
- June 8, 1983, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delta Junction, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6260TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830608023599A
- Case key
- 4127
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft was landed on a road mistaken for the runway by a student pilot. The pilot realized his mistake when he saw people and kids on bikes but in attempting to go-around he lost control and damaged the acft. The weather was VMC. The student pilot received minor injuries. There were no other injuries or property damage reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6260T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150060960
- Engine
- Lycoming O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steve D. Ferree
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, AK
- Destination
- DJN · Delta Junction, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- DJN · Delta, runway 27, 3,500 × 60 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.