- Date
- September 28, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sulphur, OK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3578LCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860928048019A
- Case key
- 22096
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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 struck a large bird at 2,500 ft MSL in cruise flt, which took out the windshield. The plt determined that he could not sustain level flt due to the increased drag and loss of lift and elected to execute an emergency landing in a pasture. During the landing roll in the rolling pasture, the acft struck a small terrace, collasping the nose and main gear, and flipped over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3578L
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15062378
- Airframe hours
- 3,405
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas W. Hayes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 13, 1986 · 80 hours before
- Departed
- 97F · Davis, OK
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 41 total · 41 in this make and model · 21 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.