- Date
- September 18, 1983, 19:15 local (Sep 19, 1983, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Spring Brook, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3069SCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918049449A
- Case key
- 12350
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Analysis
The student pilot landed the acft and bounced until it nosed over. The student had made 2 or 3 successful touch and go landings. On the last approach the sun blinded the student but he continued the approach. The acft was flared too high and bounced before nosing over.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Light condition - sunglareFactor
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Nose over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3069S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066969
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clifford B. Cooper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- WI57 · Spring Brook Farm, runway 27, 2,200 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11 total · 11 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.