- Date
- February 22, 1984, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Boy'S Ranch, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N150NCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840222004599A
- Case key
- 21271
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - hidden obstruction(s)
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Analysis
The student plt was attempting to land on a freshly graded road. Shortly after touchdown the nose wheel hit a large rock and sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N150N
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077086
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Perryton Flight Center
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1983 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- PYX · Perryton, TX
- Destination
- Boys Ranch, TX
N150NRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 26 total · 13 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 16 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 9 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA, 30 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.