- Date
- July 16, 1982, 18:00 local (Jul 17, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chowchilla, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18010Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820716032419A
- Case key
- 70242
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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.
Undershoot
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Analysis
During practice flight the aircraft was landed short of runway and bounced several times. Damage was discovered on a subsequent flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18010
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073727
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Central Valley Skyways
- Registered owner
- Central Valley Skyways
- Departed
- Merced, CA
- Destination
- Merced, CA
- Airport
- 206 · Chowchilla, runway 30, 3,250 × 60 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 80 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N18010 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.