- Date
- February 21, 1988, 11:51 local (17:51 UTC)
- Place
- Springfield, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18225Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880221002989A
- Case key
- 14048
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft experienced a hard landing followed by collapse of the nose gear. The student pilot stated that he bounced on his first attempt to land and the second touchdown was nose first which resulted in the collapse of the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18225
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073878
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aero Charter, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Irvin K Klemmensen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1987
- Airport
- SPI · Capital, runway 22, 7,999 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 12 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.