- Date
- May 8, 1985, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place
- Elkton, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16830Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 11178
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Nose over
Analysis
After arriving at the Elkton arpt, the plt executed 2 practice emerg approaches with go-arounds, then made an approach to landing on rwy 22. According to him, 2 of 3 seconds before touchdown, the acft ballooned, then landed hard, bounced &stalled. The nose gear collapsed & the acft slid in the direction of landing for aprx 40 ft before overturning & coming to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16830
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072983
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William A. Walsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 24, 1984 · 755 hours before
- Departed
- SHD · Shenandoah, VA
- Airport
- VA33 · Elkton, runway 22, 1,800 × 150 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 76
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 598 total · 598 in this make and model · 462 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SHD, 15 nm away