- Date
- January 23, 1982, 18:15 local (Jan 24, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Saginaw, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7219SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820123002719A
- Case key
- 72455
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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
During the takeoff roll, the pilot heard a noise that was followed by a vibration at lift-off. Reportedly, the flight controls did not respond properly while the aircraft was in flight. The pilot returned for landing and held the nose gear off as long as possible. When the nose gear touched down, the aircraft veered sharply to the right. The aircraft continued off of the runway, hit a fence, and overturned. An investigation revealed the clamp bolt that secures the lower end of the nose gear strut to the nose gear was missing. The bolt hole was undamaged and the bolt was not found. There was no indication that the bolt was sheared during the crash.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7219S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067919
- Airframe hours
- 1,801
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- A E Stephens
- Registered owner
- A E Stephens
- Departed
- O4TX · Saginaw, TX
- Destination
- O4TX · Saginaw, TX
- Airport
- O4TX · Oliver Farms, runway 35, 2,400 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,070 total · 270 in this make and model · 2,070 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N7219S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.