- Date
- November 24, 1987, 08:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Waynesboro, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4081VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871124067219A
- Case key
- 7680
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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 plt lost control of the airplane while landing, during his second supervised-solo flt. The airplane veered off of the rwy into a ditch where the nosegear collapsed and the airplane nosed over. The wind was reportedly calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4081V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076694
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William H. Watson
- Registered owner
- Watson, William H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 18, 1987
- Airport
- 2J7 · Burke County, runway 8, 3,200 × 75 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.