- Date
- December 13, 1987, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grantham, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6258SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871213070269A
- Case key
- 7691
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.
Nose gear collapsed
Flare - improperCause
Lack of total experienceFactor
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload
Nose over
Analysis
The airplane touched down initially on the nose wheel, and the nose landing gear collapsed. The airplane subsequently nosed over. The student plt reportedly had about 2 hrs total PIC (solo) flt time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6258S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067058
- Airframe hours
- 4,563
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ray Keen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- 6NCO · Cox-Grantham, runway 21, 2,800 × ft, grass/turf
N6258SRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °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.