- Date
- October 10, 1987, 11:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Cumming, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18167Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871010059249A
- Case key
- 7653
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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 student pilot was attempting to land on the 1550 foot runway. The aircraft touched down hard and bounced. The pilot pushed forward on the control column and the aircraft came down on the nose gear which collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18167
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073838
- Airframe hours
- 56,223
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Blamire
- Registered owner
- William T Blamire
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1987
- Airport
- 84A · Mathis, runway 21, 1,550 × 20 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 39 total · 39 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ATL, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.