- Date
- February 24, 1986, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Woodland, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6188KCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860224003709A
- Case key
- 25080
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A Cessna 150 collided with the runway surface after the nose wheel collapsed. The student pilot indicated that during the landing flare his attention was diverted by an object that flashed into his view. He overflared to avoid the object and landed hard on the nose wheel collapsing it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6188K
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15077578
- Airframe hours
- 2,416
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel M. Fregin, doing business as Vfr And Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 15, 1985 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- 037 · Orland, CA
- Destination
- 041 · Woodland, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- O41 · Watts-Woodland
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
- 31
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 50 total · 44 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.