# NTSB ATL84LA034: Cessna 150A, N6673T, Dauphin Island, AL, October 29, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1983, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Dauphin Island, AL
- Coordinates: 30.250385, -88.109916 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2504&lon=-88.1099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA034
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6378/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA034

## Analysis

THE ACFTS NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON A SOLO TRAINING MISSION TO PRACTICE LANDINGS. THE PLT SAID HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AND AS THE NOSE GEAR WAS LOWERED HE ADDED SLIGHT RIGHT RUDDER TO HOLD A ROLL PARALLEL TO THE RWY CENTERLINE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONTACTING THE RWY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFT AND THE ACFT SLID OFF THE RWY. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE GEAR SHOWED THAT THE BREAK OCCURRED AT AN OLD REPAIR WELD ON A BRACE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6673T](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6673T-1984-04-03), registration cancelled 1984-04-03, S/N 15059073, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150A
- Registry model: [Cessna 150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150a) (registry code 2071804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15059073
- Airframe hours: 3400
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert L.C. Cooley
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, April 30, 1983, 110 hours before
- Departed: MOB, MOBILE, AL
- Destination: 4R9, DAUPHIN ISLAND, AL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: 4R9, Dauphin Island, runway 12, 3,000 × 80 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 6 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BFM

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831029055809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831029055809A), Oct 29, 1983: Cessna 150A, Dauphin Island, AL, Substantial damage. Student pilot made landing and nose wheel broke where it had old weld repair.

## Other investigations on N6673T (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA77DKJ18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DKJ18), Feb 11, 1977: Cessna 150 (N6673T), Mount Olive, AL, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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