MIA83LA023

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Everglades City, FL · November 4, 1982

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report

Date: November 4, 1982, 16:24 local (21:24 UTC)
Place: Everglades City, FL
Injuries: 2 uninjured
Damage: Destroyed
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft: N714LBCessna 150
Weather: Visual (VMC) · Day
Status: Completed · report November 4, 1983
Report: Approved by Office Director
FAA report: 19821104056869A
Case key: 70635

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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.

Hard landingLanding - flare/touchdown

Level off - improperPilot in commandCause

Nose gear collapsedLanding - flare/touchdown

Landing gear,nose gear - overload

Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

Nose overLanding - roll

Analysis

Plt landed hard, nose gear collapsed & acft flipped over.

Aircraft

Registration: N714LB
Reported as: Cessna 150
Category: Airplane
Serial number: 150-79248
Airframe hours: 212
Engine: Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage: Destroyed
Flight: Instructional · Part 91
Operator: Toyoshi Kimora
Registered owner: Toyoshi Kimora
Departed: C · Key West, FL
Destination: C · Everglades, FL
Flight plan: VFR
Airport: XL · Everglades, runway 33, 2,400 × 50 ft, asphalt

N714LBRegistration cancelled Apr 28, 1994 · Cessna 150MS/N 15079248 Airframe modelCessna 150M

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: 23
Certificate: Student
Medical: Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Flight hours: 36 total · 36 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions: Visual (VMC) · Day
Visibility: 10 statute miles
Temperature: 180 °F

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19821104056869ACessna 150M · Everglades City, FLStudent pilot carrying passenger made hard landing that resulted in aircraft flipping inverted.Nov 4, 1982 · N714LB · Substantial damage

Other investigations on N714LB · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA81DKT23Accident · No injuriesClosedHomestead, FLJan 30, 1981 · Substantial damage