- Date
- January 10, 1983, 23:15 local (Jan 11, 1983, 07:15 UTC)
- Place
- Palo Alto, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N19304Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830110002039A
- Case key
- 23597
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot and his passenger returned to the airport after a local night flight. Upon landing the nose wheel began to shimmy and then the aircraft departed the left side of the runway. After leaving the runway the nose gear collapsed. During his pre-flight the pilot had failed to see that the nose gear scissors had been removed. The owner of the aircraft removed the nose gear dampener earlier on the day of the flight. The owner did not placcard the aircraft for the missing part.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N19304
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2071826
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven Plume
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- PAO · Palo Alto, runway 30, 2,500 × 65 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
- 29
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,911 total · 738 in this make and model · 1,743 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F
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 N19304 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.