# NTSB DEN82DA095: Cessna 150, N18120, Dillon, MT, May 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 20, 1982, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place: Dillon, MT
- Coordinates: 45.049194, -112.820022 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0492&lon=-112.8200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA095
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA095

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18120-1983-05-05), registration cancelled 1983-05-05, S/N 15073800 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15073800
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820520018629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820520018629A), May 20, 1982: Cessna 150L, Dillon, MT, Substantial damage. Student pilot bounced aircraft on landing. Lost control. Airplane flipped over on the runway.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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