- Date
- June 24, 1987, 17:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Maysville, WV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N150VACessna 150/Horton Stol
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870624026989A
- Case key
- 11273
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt/owner was flying a Cessna 150 which was equipped with a horton stol kit. Drg an apch to rwy 3, he used an airspeed of 40 KTS. While apchg the rwy, the acft settled & the nose gear struck a bump on the apch edge of the rwy. The plt rprtd that the impact bent the tail about 15 deg & damaged the nose gear. Also, he rprtd the wind was from 360 deg a 3 KTS. He thought the acft encountered a slight downdraft just bfr impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150VA
- Reported as
- Cessna 150/Horton Stol (150/HORTON)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15059497
- Airframe hours
- 3,397
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold E. Evans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- Private Airstrip, runway 3, 470 × 40 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 91 total · 91 in this make and model · 60 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.