- Date
- August 15, 1982, 12:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Balmorhea, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9294UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820815038499A
- Case key
- 69875
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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
The pilot stated that while he was making a full flap landing, a crosswind drifted the aircraft off the narrow gravel landing strip. As he started to go around, the main gear hit a rock pile. The aircraft then bounced and hit the ground, nose first.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9294U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078244
- Airframe hours
- 1,518
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry L. Gooch
- Registered owner
- Bishop Omar
- Departed
- E02 · Odessa, TX
- Destination
- 79N · Unionville, PA
- Airport
- 25XS · Ranch Strip, runway 16, 8,000 × 0 ft, gravel
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 78 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.