- Date
- July 22, 1994, 20:15 local (Jul 23, 1994, 01:15 UTC)
- Place
- Owasso, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704EHCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1995
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940722019179A
- Case key
- 19118
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on his third supervised solo, the student pilot touched down short of the runway. The nose gear entered a small ditch and sheared off. The airplane came to rest inverted.
Factual narrative
On July 22, 1994, at approximately 2015 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N704EH, was substantially damaged during landing at Gundy's airport near Owasso, Oklahoma. The solo student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 CFR 91 flight.
The pilot reported that during his third supervised solo he touched down short of the runway. During the landing roll the nose gear entered a small ditch just prior to the runway and broke off. Following the loss of the nose gear the airplane nosed over to the inverted position. The airplane sustained structural damage to the empennage.
The aircraft was released to the owner.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704EH
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078549
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kern, Bruce
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Special, Provisional (Special)
- Airport
- OK16 · Gundy'S, runway 17L, 2,620 × 30 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 7 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.