- Date
- September 18, 1982, 22:00 local (Sep 19, 1982, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missoula, MT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8375UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820919066349A
- Case key
- 71728
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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
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Analysis
Pilot landing after cross-country in windy conditions. He says nose must have hit too hard because nose gear collapsed..
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8375U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077928
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jamie V. Floyd
- Registered owner
- O.S.U. Flying Club
- Departed
- ONO · Ontario, OR
- Destination
- Chipley, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MSO · Johnson-Bell, runway 11, 9,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
N8375URegistration cancelled May 25, 2007 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 80 total · 63 in this make and model · 52 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 80° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8375U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.