- Date
- April 21, 1987, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC)
- Place
- Longmont, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60282Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870421070779A
- Case key
- 17212
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A student plt was practicing landings on her second supervised solo training flt. On the first approach, she failed to flare properly and hit in a three point attitude. The nose gear collapsed and the propeller struck the rwy. The acft skidded about 25 feet down the rwy and came to rest. A post accident fire ignited immediately and consumed most of the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60282
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070195
- Airframe hours
- 5,956
- Engine
- Continental O-200 A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tri-County Flight School
- Registered owner
- Lester J. Tinnin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1987 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- 48V · Erie, CO
- Airport
- 2V2 · Longmont, runway 11, 4,200 × 60 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 7 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FNL, 27 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.