# NTSB CHI82DA344: Cessna 150J, N60028, Dekalb, IL, July 29, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1982, 20:00 local (Jul 29, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Coordinates: 41.889419, -88.749938 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8894&lon=-88.7499&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70433
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA344
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70433/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA344

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,axle - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60028), registered now, S/N 15070015, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15070015
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820728046749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820728046749A), Jul 28, 1982: Cessna 150, Dekalb, IL, Substantial damage. Hard landing sheared nose wheel axle boot on landing. Airplane swerved left off runway. Right wing impacted ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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