- Date
- April 8, 2007, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6555SCessna C-150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Memphis FSDO
- Case key
- 65790
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Probable cause
The student's pilot's misjudged distance/altitude that led to an undershoot and a failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
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 airplane collided with a ditch short of the runway threshhold. According to the student pilot, he was practicing "on point or spot landings". He stated that he "landed too close to the south end of the strip and got the left landing gear caught in a ditch about 8 inches from the top, causing the gear to bend backwards and causing the aircraft to veer to the left. He regained control of the aircraft and stopped." He further stated that he "should have picked a spot further down the runway to practice spot landings." Damage to the airplane consisted of both landing gear and damage to surrounding airframe structure. There were no pre-impact mechanical problems reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
According to the student pilot, he was practicing "on point or spot landings". He stated that he "landed too close to the south end of the strip and got the left landing gear caught in a ditch about 8 inches from the top, causing the gear to bend backwards and causing the aircraft to veer to the left. He regained control of the aircraft and stopped." He further stated that he "should have picked a spot further down the runway to practice spot landings." Damage to the airplane consisted of both landing gear and damage to surrounding airframe structure. There were no mechanical problems reported by the pilot.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6555S
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067355
- Airframe hours
- 4,692.3
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tony R. Willis
- Registered owner
- Harold R. Willis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 2007 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- PVT · Dyersburg, TN
- Destination
- PVT · Dyersburg, TN
- Airport
- PVT · Willis Airport, runway 36, 2,500 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- Student pilot
- Age
- 48
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2007
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 159 total · 132 in this make and model · 90 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.97 inHg
- Observed at
- DYR
Other investigations on N6555S · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.