# NTSB CHI88LA194: Cessna 150K, N5796G, Detroit, MI, August 7, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 7, 1988, 19:29 local (23:29 UTC)
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Coordinates: 42.399425, -83.000877 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3994&lon=-83.0009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14134
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14134/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA194

## Probable cause

HARD LANDING MADE BY THE STUDENT PILOT RESULTING IN A NOSE GEAR FAILURE DUE TO OVERLOAD FORCES AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WITH ONLY 22 HOURS TOTAL TIME WAS PRACTICING A LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING AND FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR. THE OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSEWHEEL ALLOWED THE YOKE TO DIG INTO THE ASPHALT RUNWAY RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5796G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5796G-2012-06-21), registration cancelled 2012-06-21, S/N 15071296, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 71296
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Wright Way Aviation
- Registered owner: Wrightway Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: DET, Detroit City, runway 33, 5,500 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 88 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DET

## 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 19880807030889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880807030889A), Aug 7, 1988: Cessna 150K, Detroit, MI, Substantial damage. Collapsed nose gear on hard nose first landing and aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N5796G (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI77FEC16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEC16), Feb 20, 1977: Cessna 150 (N5796G), Pontiac, MI, substantial damage

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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