- Date
- September 11, 1983, 13:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sparks, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N11491Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830911051059A
- Case key
- 23865
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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 stu plt stated he encountered wind shear on short final and applied full pwr but the nose wheel struck a dirt bank at the rwy threshold. The acft bounced back into the air and came down on the rwy at which time the nose gear departed the acft as it slid to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11491
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075458
- Airframe hours
- 3,935
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Airport
- Nevada Flyers, runway 16, 4,600 × 50 ft, dirt
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.