# NTSB FTW87FA093: Cessna 150G, N8550J, Post, TX, April 10, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1987, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Post, TX
- Coordinates: 33.190067, -101.380805 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1901&lon=-101.3808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87FA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87FA093

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OCCURRED DURING AN ATTEMTPED TOUCH AND GO LANDING BY A STUDENT PILOT. THE ACFT LANDED HARD, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND EMPENNAGE.  AFTER INITIAL IMPACT THE ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1000 FT BEFORE CONTACTING THE RUNWAY AGAIN AND SKIDDING 480 FEET.  THE A/C DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY AND NOSED OVER INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8550J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15066450
- Airframe hours: 3310
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Sandene Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 16, 1987, 95 hours before
- Departed: F82, LUBBOCK, TX
- Destination: 5F1, POST, TX
- Airport: SFI, Post Garza, runway 35, 3,500 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 22; student; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 6 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: LBB, 35 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870410009189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870410009189A), Apr 10, 1987: Cessna 150G, Post, TX, Substantial damage. The aircraft landed hard, buckling the empennage and breaking the nose gear. Student pilot.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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