- Date
- June 8, 1982, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Cambridge, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N714HYCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820608021169A
- Case key
- 70111
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Miscellaneous/other
Judgment - improperCause
Underconfidence in personal abilityCause
Precautionary landing - performedCause
Anxiety/apprehensionCause
Emotional reactionCause
PanicCause
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
On his first solo flight the student pilot stated he panicked at about 400 feet AGL and decided to land in a plowed field. During the landed sequence the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714HY
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 255548
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Princton Flyers
- Registered owner
- Princton Flyers
- Departed
- Cambridge, MN
- Destination
- Cambridge, MN
- Airport
- CBG · Cambridge, runway 34, 3,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 24
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 7 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °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.