- Date
- September 18, 1989, 16:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Wash Courthouse, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6172KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890918035419A
- Case key
- 14418
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the student pilot. Factors related to the accident were: the student's selection of the wrong runway, and the tailwind.
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
During a x-country flt, the student plt entered traffic for rwy 22 at an intermediate arpt. The wind in the area was rprtd to be from 060 deg at 10 KTS. He rprtd that on final apch, the acft was high & that he extended full flaps when he saw he 'had the runway made.' According to a witness, the acft was flared high, then it pitched nose down. Subsequently, the nose gear collapsed & the prop struck the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6172K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077569
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Otto Pobanz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LUK · Cincinnati, OH
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- I23 · Fayette County, runway 22, 4,800 × 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Observed at
- DAY
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.