- Date
- May 20, 1983, 10:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8406MCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830520020719A
- Case key
- 23720
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft became misaligned with the runway during landing and landed in a crab which collapsed the nose gear and the left main gear. The pilot stated that he got caught in a dust-devil which blew him sideways. According to the operator who witnessed the accident,a right crosswind of 8 to 10 KTS existed. The reported wind at Tucson internat'l airport which is 12 miles northeast of the accident site, was 310 degrees at 13 KTS. The pilot was completing the last leg of a solo cross-country flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8406M
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1500106
- Airframe hours
- 3,375
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Danny Genzman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- CZG · Casa Grande, AZ
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- RYN · Ryan, runway 24L, 4,000 × 75 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 12 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.