- Date
- July 26, 1987, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Rockwall, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7930GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 22406
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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
As the acft touched down, the rgt main wheel contacted a rut in a soft area of the rwy & the acft veered to the rgt. To avoid hitting parked acft on the west side of the rwy, the plt added full power & left rudder & aileron. He stated that as the acft left the soft spot, it veered left & the rgt main gear collapsed, damaging the rgt wing & tail section.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7930G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074738
- Airframe hours
- 4,895
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bill Howdell
- Registered owner
- Bill Howdell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987
- Departed
- 52F
- Destination
- F46 · Rockwall, TX
- Airport
- F46 · Rockwall Muni, runway 16, 3,380 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,663 total · 3,050 in this make and model · 8,417 as pilot in command · 148 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
Other investigations on N7930G · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.