- Date
- May 20, 1982, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Dillon, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18120Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820520018629A
- Case key
- 70479
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Lack of total experience in type operationFactor
Nose over
Analysis
While the student pilot was landing, the aircraft bounced and nosed over. The pilot had only 4 hours of solo time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18120
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073800
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- James Blake
- Registered owner
- Bonnie J. Ferris
- Departed
- DLN · Dillon, MT
- Destination
- DLN · Dillon, MT
- Airport
- DLN · Dillon, runway 16, 4,000 × 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 22 total · 22 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.