- Date
- April 18, 1985, 07:15 local (13:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hutchinson, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N66479Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850418015259A
- Case key
- 13044
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Analysis
The student plt was on his 2nd solo flt after being endorsed for flt in the Cessna 150 acft. During a landing, he lost directional control in winds that he reported were from 080 degs at 7 KTS. The acft went off the right side of the rwy & went in a ditch where the nose gear dug in & the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N66479
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076075
- Airframe hours
- 4,303
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John E. Miller
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 6, 1985 · 93 hours before
- Airport
- HCD · Hutchinson Municipal, runway 15, 3,200 × 75 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 34 total · 34 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 80° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.