# NTSB CHI85LA387: Cessna 150, N3025S, Hastings, MI, September 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 28, 1985, 15:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Hastings, MI
- Coordinates: 42.650863, -85.280181 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6509&lon=-85.2802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13220
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA387
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13220/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA387

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS COMPETING IN A SPOT LANDING CONTEST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY OBSERVED ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET AGL AND SLOW JUST BEFORE IT CONTACTED THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR FAILED, DUG INTO THE GROUND, RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3025S](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3025S), registered now, S/N 15066925, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066872
- Airframe hours: 1702
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James D. Cool
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: 9D9, Hastings, runway 27, 2,350 × 190 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 72 total, 55 in this make and model, 40 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 68 °F

## 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 19850928047969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850928047969A), Sep 28, 1985: Cessna 150G, Hastings, MI, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed on landing and aircraft flipped over. Competing in spot landing competition.

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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