- Date
- July 28, 1982, 20:00 local (Jul 29, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Dekalb, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60028Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820728046749A
- Case key
- 70433
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was practicing touch-and-go landings. He stated that on about his sixth landing, he touched down hard on the main gear then lowered the nose. As the nose wheel touched down, the aircraft veered to the left and the right wing contacted the runway. The aircraft ran off the runway; however, the student was able to direct it back onto the runway where it skidded to a stop. An examination of the nose gear revealed that the axle nut and bolt were missing. FAA personnel found the bolt. The bolt was broken as a result of shearing forces. The pilot stated that he accomplished landings in a full stall condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60028
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070015
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerome Svehla
- Registered owner
- Bill Thomas
- Departed
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Destination
- DPA · West Chicago, IL
- Airport
- 3DM · Dekalb, runway 9, 3,800 × 50 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 67 in this make and model · 19 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 165 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.