- Date
- May 15, 1983, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeler, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5525ECessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830515019209A
- Case key
- 20899
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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 plt stated that before reaching rotation speed, with about 250 ft of rwy remaining, the left main landing gear dropped off into a chug hole in the rwy. The acft became prematurely airborne, heading off the rwy to the left. It came down in rough terrain collapsing the nose gear & came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5525E
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17025
- Airframe hours
- 2,477
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- P. R. Computer Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 14, 1982 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- 3E9 · Holt, runway 16, 2,820 × 25 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 15 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.