- Date
- April 6, 1983, 21:30 local (Apr 7, 1983, 05:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7243SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830406014849A
- Case key
- 23671
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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 acft nosed over during the landing roll while being used on a dual instructional flight. The instructor was demonstrating night landing technique to her student. During the last landing directional control was lost when the nosegear touched down. The acft skidded to the left off the runway. Then the nose gear dug into the soft dirt the acft nosedover. Later examination of the nose gear assembly revealed that the cotter pin and nut (Cessna part # MS24665-134 and an 310-5) which secure the nose gear bolt through the axle tube were missing. The bolt was partially inserted in the axle tube and the tire was pressed against the inside of the nose gear fork. The instructor said her husband changed thenose gear tire about 1 month before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7243S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067943
- Airframe hours
- 4,988
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Flite Professionals
- Registered owner
- Roy Martin Switzer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 11, 1982 · 98 hours before
- Departed
- CNO · Chino, CA
- Airport
- L66 · Corona Muni, runway 25, 3,200 × 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 2,961 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.