- Date
- May 21, 1992, 19:04 local (May 22, 1992, 00:04 UTC)
- Place
- South Bend, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6349GCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920521015569A
- Case key
- 15452
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Probable cause
Improper aircraft control by the pilot.
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 was on a solo flight practicing pattern work. His landing approach was high and fast, and he dove the aircraft at the runway. The aircraft landed on the nose wheel, shearing it off, and skidded to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6349G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071849
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Wings Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wings Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 17, 1991 · 17 hours before
- Airport
- SBN · Michiana Regional, runway 18, 6,000 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 15 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 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.