- Date
- September 4, 1986, 19:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Smithfield, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3410JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860904044879A
- Case key
- 7178
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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 pilot reported that during a practice landing he flared too high off the runway surface. The pilot lowered the nose, causing the nosewheel to strike the runway. The pilot lost control and the acft skidded off the left side, down an embankment and flipped inverted. The pilot did not report any aircraft malfunction or failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3410J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066110
- Airframe hours
- 5,300
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wilder, Barna O.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 23, 1986 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- W27 · Johnston County, runway 3, 4,400 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 24 total · 24 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.