- Date
- August 10, 1984, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Justin, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N60660Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840810039939A
- Case key
- 21142
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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 acft collided with a power line and nosed over during an attempt to recover from a simulated forced landing. The cfireportedly 'cleared' the engine during the approach but when she took over and added power to climb she claimed the engine did not fully respond. She was unable to clear a power line, which had remained unseen on the approach, and the powerlines slight contact with the landing gear 'tripped' the acft into a 'heavy' landing which collapsed the nose gear and the acft nosed over. The acft engine had just been adjusted to a lower idle speed prior to this flt per the cfis request. The mechanic said the engine was 'warm' during the idle adjustment. During post accident exam the compression on cylinders #1 & #4 was very weak and they were staked to get an improvement. The lower plugs were noted to be coated with black oil. The mags checked as normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60660
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070484
- Airframe hours
- 3,416
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Edna G. Whyte
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 20, 1983 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- 52F · Roanoke, TX
- Airport
- runway 5, dirt
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
- 82
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 31,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 45° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTW, 18 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.