- Date
- July 30, 1987, 10:54 local (15:54 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9456UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870730079229A
- Case key
- 13810
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt was on her fourth supervised solo making touch-&-go lndgs. Drg a lndg, the acft ballooned, then touched down hard. The nose gear collapsed, & subsequently, the acft came to rest off the left side of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9456U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078404
- Airframe hours
- 4,607
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Geo. J. Priester Aviation Serv
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 23, 1987 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- PWK
- Airport
- PWK · Pal-Waukee, runway 24R, 3,652 × 52 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 1 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBU, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9456U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.