- Date
- May 10, 1992, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenbay, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50610Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920510014419A
- Case key
- 15442
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Probable cause
A fractured rod end bolt which resulted in an unsteerable nosewheel.
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 student pilot reported the airplane suddenly veered to the right soon after touchdown. He was unable to regain directional control and the nose gear ultimately collapsed. Examination of the nosewheel steering mechanism by the company mechanic disclosed a fractured and discolored steering arm rod end bolt. A fractured rod end bolt will result in an unsteerable nosewheel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50610
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069431
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tailwind Aviation
- Registered owner
- Tailwind Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- GRB · Greenbay, runway 18, 8,200 × 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.