- Date
- April 3, 1986, 16:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50306Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860403011669A
- Case key
- 25111
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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 pilot stated that after lowering the nosewheel during the landing, he heard a 'popping sound' and immediately raised the nosewheel off the runway. After the aircraft slowed and the pilot could no longer hold the nosewheel off, the aircraft veered to the left as soon as the nosewheel touched down. The aircraft then went into a ditch at the left side of the runway and nosed over. An investigation revealed that a nut securing the nosewheel axle 'had backed off,' allowing the nosewheel to become misaligned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50306
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15969213
- Airframe hours
- 7,717
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Karl Krietsch
- Registered owner
- Harry W. Goodman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 27, 1985 · 59 hours before
- Departed
- PHX · Pheonix, AZ
- Airport
- 40E · La Cholla, runway 20, 4,500 × 35 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 57 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 34 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.