- Date
- August 30, 1985, 14:59 local (20:59 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N63258Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850830045869A
- Case key
- 16772
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt experienced a hard landing while on a solo x-country flt. The plt reported the flt had been delayed until mid-afternoon because of mechanical problems at by that time the winds had picked up. The student plt also reported having little dual experience and no solo experience with x-wind landings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N63258
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077209
- Airframe hours
- 3,387
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Bunch, doing business as Crescent Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Thomas F. Wimberly
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 7, 1985 · 132 hours before
- Departed
- SKY · Taos, NM
- Destination
- SAF · Santa Fe, NM
- Airport
- SAF · Santa Fe County Munic, runway 15, 6,304 × 6 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 22 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAF, 5 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.