- Date
- August 1, 1993, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wilmington, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6255RCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930801031359A
- Case key
- 3250
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Probable cause
A hidden soft spot on the runway that resulted in a nose over of the airplane during a landing roll.
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
According to the pilot, the airplane nosed over during the landing roll on a sod airstrip. During roll out the nose wheel collided with a soft spot on the sod surface. Examination of the airstrip surface revealed a hidden soft spot beneath the grass in the vicinity where the airplane nosed over.
Factual narrative
On August 1, 1993, at 1330 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150, N6255R, landed long and nosed over on a sod airstrip near Wilmington, North Carolina. The personal flight operated under 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was not injured. The time the flight departed Wilmington was not determined.
During the landing rollout, the nose wheel hit a soft spot in the runway surface and nosed over. Examination of the sod surface disclosed an undetectable soft section beneath the grass covering in the vicinity of the nose gear collision.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6255R
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061555
- Airframe hours
- 2,231
- Engine
- Continental O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crowder, Jefferson M. K.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 30, 1993 · 53 hours before
- Airport
- NONE · Private, runway 24, 4,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,494 total · 566 in this make and model · 2,410 as pilot in command · 181 in the last 90 days · 68 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ILM, 10 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.