- Date
- June 6, 1987, 12:33 local (17:33 UTC)
- Place
- College Station, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8612JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 8, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870606075709A
- Case key
- 22378
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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 pilot stated that upon touchdown the aircraft began to shake so violently that he could not see the panel or control the aircraft. During landing roll it veered off the left side of the runway. The nose and right main gear wheels dug into the soft ground and the aircraft rolled into an inverted position and stopped. The pilot stated that before starting out on this flight (his first solo cross country) he made four touch-and-go landings and conferred two different times with the owner-mechanic of the aircraft about a nose gear vibration. It was reported that new bushings had been installed in the nose gear assembly about 50 operational hours before the accident. The reason for the shimmy/vibration of the nose gear assembly was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8612J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066512
- Airframe hours
- 3,463
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles T.Whelan
- Registered owner
- Charles T Whelan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 4, 1987 · 21 hours before
- Departed
- 62H · Giddings, TX
- Destination
- CLL · College Station, TX
- Airport
- CLL · Easterwood, runway 10, 5,160 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 27 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.