- Date
- March 31, 1989, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Garrison, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6071KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890331006009A
- Case key
- 17689
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Probable cause
Improper flare by the student and inadequate supervision of the flight by the CFI which damaged the nose gear and restricted movement of the nosewheel steering and rudder control.
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.
Analysis
The student pilot & instructor (CFI) were practicing a simulated emergency landing on rwy 13 with the student operating the controls. The CFI told the student to extend full flaps when he was sure he could land on the rwy. The student complied, but the acft touched down hard & bounced back in the air. The CFI took the controls & attempted a go-around; however, he thought the rudder control was ineffective. Subsequently, the left wing contacted the rwy & the acft went off the left side of the rwy. A post-acdnt exam revealed no evidence of preimpact damage or malfunction. However, there was evidence that the hard landing had damaged the nose gear which effected the nosewheel steering & rudder control systems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6071K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077509
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Galloway, Fred
- Departed
- DO5
- Destination
- DO5
- Airport
- D05 · Garrison, runway 13, 3,050 × 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
- 51
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 755 total · 396 in this make and model · 585 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.