- Date
- October 18, 1988, 08:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Goodyear, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8194FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881018046949A
- Case key
- 26274
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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 plt rprtd that drg the landing roll, the acft enctrd a gust of wind & veered off the dirt strip & onto a raised berm (edge of rwy). After enctrg the soft dirt & rough terrain, the nose gear collapsed & the plane nosed over. The plt had landed with 40 deg of flaps. He estimated the wind was from 240 deg at 6 gusting to 18 KTS. No pre-acdnt mechanical malfunction or failure of the acft was rprtd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8194F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15064294
- Airframe hours
- 2,520
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Albert L. Field
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1988 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
- Airport
- Field Ranch Strip, runway 21, 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 588 total · 588 in this make and model · 588 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 52 °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.