- Date
- July 22, 1983, 17:30 local (Jul 23, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Chico, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45398Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830722039689A
- Case key
- 23796
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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 ran off the rwy during the landing roll and nosed over. On the first solo landing the acft was observed to balloon during the flare. When the student added power the acft yawed to the left touched down and ran off the rwy into a plowed field. The nose wheel collapsed and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45398
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076905
- Airframe hours
- 2,274
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph C. Moody Jr.
- Registered owner
- Western Aero Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 7, 1983 · 24 hours before
- Airport
- 023 · Ranchaero, runway 33, 2,280 × 30 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 20 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.