- Date
- November 25, 1986, 17:30 local (Nov 26, 1986, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. George, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N19224Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861125085849A
- Case key
- 17152
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Landing gear,main gear - foreign object damageFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
TotalCause
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - unapprovedFactor
Terrain condition - loose objectsFactor
Touch-and-go - performed
Object - wire,staticFactor
Nose over
Analysis
During a touch and go landing, the acft's left landing gear tangled in loose wire. The acft swerved to the the left, struck a used tire barrier then nosed over. The landing was made on a closed rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19224
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074251
- Airframe hours
- 1,669
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Averett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 1986
- Departed
- SGU · St. George, UT
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 15 in this make and model · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SGU, 8 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.