- Date
- September 19, 1982, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Front Royal, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18218Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919055409I
- Case key
- 70769
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Rudder - improper use ofCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Analysis
Pilot lost control during landing and in attempting to correct left turn went off runway to right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18218
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073872
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Muia'S Aviation
- Registered owner
- Royal Air Partnership
- Departed
- FRR · Front Royal, VA
- Destination
- FRR · Front Royal, VA
- Airport
- FRR · Front Royal Warren County
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.