- Date
- April 8, 1982, 19:50 local (Apr 9, 1982, 01:50 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Fe, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5870ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820408008819A
- Case key
- 72534
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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.
Analysis
One blade of the propeller failed in cruise. Power was reduced due to vibration and a forced landing was made. During the hard landing on upslope rangeland the landing gear failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5870E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17370
- Airframe hours
- 4,610
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Civil Air Patrol National Hqs.
- Registered owner
- Civil Air Patrol National Hqs.
- Departed
- Los Alamos, NM
- Destination
- Los Alamos, NM
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
- 67
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,422 total · 100 in this make and model · 3,388 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 225° at 7 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5870E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.