# NTSB BFO85LA045: Cessna 150L, N16830, Elkton, VA, May 8, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 8, 1985, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place: Elkton, VA
- Coordinates: 38.410598, -78.609321 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4106&lon=-78.6093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11178
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO85LA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11178/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO85LA045

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15072983
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 76; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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