# NTSB DEN82DA200: Cessna 150M, N8375U, Missoula, MT, September 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1982, 22:00 local (Sep 19, 1982, 04:00 UTC)
- Place: Missoula, MT
- Location: 46.9163° N, 114.0906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MISSOULA MONTANA (MSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9163&lon=-114.0906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 18, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82DA200
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82DA200

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8375U-2007-05-25), registration cancelled 2007-05-25, S/N 15077928, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077928
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820919066349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820919066349A), Sep 19, 1982: Cessna 150M, Missoula, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing breaking nose wheel.

## Other investigations on N8375U (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI96LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA072), Jan 15, 1996: Cessna 150M (N8375U), Mount Pleasant, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadequate preflight and the loose oil filler cap, which resulted in oil starvation and failure of the #1 cylinder connecting rod. A factor relating to this accident was the snow…

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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