- Date
- November 2, 1996, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Minneapolis, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3008JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19961102034689A
- Case key
- 10490
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Probable cause
the pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain on which to land the airplane. A factor relating with the accident was: the large rock, which the airplane contacted.
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 landing the airplane on his farm in an area which he normally did not use for takeoffs and landing. During the landing roll, the airplane contacted a one foot high, two foot wide rock, which resulted in the nose gear shearing from the airplane.
Factual narrative
On November 2, 1996, at 1100 central standard time, a Cessna 150, N3008J, operated by a student pilot nosed over while landing at a private field near Minneapolis, Kansas. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The student pilot and the one passenger on board were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated from Derby, Kansas, at 1000 cst.
The student pilot reported that while landing on his farm the nose gear struck a rock which was one foot high and two feet wide. He reported that this sheared the nose gear off. The pilot stated to a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector that he landed in a location which he normally did not use for takeoffs and landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3008J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061108
- Airframe hours
- 2,815
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert E. Postlethwaite
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1996 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- K50 · Derby, KS
- Destination
- PVT
- Airport
- Private
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLN, 22 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.