- Date
- September 17, 2002, 19:00 local (Sep 18, 2002, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dodge Center, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2870SCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 2003
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20020918028299A
- Case key
- 55877
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudgment of distance resulting in an undershoot of the runway.
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
The airplane landed short of the runway, the nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane nosed over. In a written report, the pilot stated that he was practicing short/soft field takeoffs and landings. He stated that on the accident landing, he touched down short of the runway. He stated: "Nosewheel impaled itself in a slight rise of turf runway above surrounding beanfield. Nosegear crunched into cowl and dragged below [the airplane] along the turf for 96 [feet] till plane nosed over." The pilot listed no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On September 17, 2002, at 1900 central daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N2870S, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it landed short of the runway collapsing the nose landing gear and subsequently nosing over. The landing was being made on runway 04 (2,320 feet by 220 feet, turf), at the Dodge Center Airport, Dodge Center, Minnesota. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was conducted in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The pilot, who was the sole occupant, was not injured. The local flight originated about 1800.
In a written report, the pilot stated that he was practicing short/soft field takeoffs and landings. He stated that on the accident landing, he touched down short of the runway. He stated: "Nosewheel impaled itself in a slight rise of turf runway above surrounding beanfield. Nosegear crunched into cowl and dragged below plane along the turf for 96 [feet] till plane nosed over." The pilot listed no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2870S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066770
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320E2D, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wallace G, Hanson
- Registered owner
- Wallace G. Hanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TOB · Dodge Center, MN
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 1,874 total · 80 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2870S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.