- Date
- December 24, 1975
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45540Cessna 150M
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751224042199A
- Case key
- 152113
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4058 75/12/24 FORT WAYNE,IN CESSNA 150M CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 25, 15 TOTAL TIME - 1130 N45540 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- DID NOT FLARE STRUCK RWY NOSE GR FIRST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45540
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Smith Field
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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 N45540 · 1
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