- Date
- June 5, 1983, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Boynton Bch., FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5917GCessna 150K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830605031249A
- Case key
- 30899
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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 acft was involved in a hard landing, collapsing the nose gear, followed by a nose over. The pilot stated he added power which made the nose collapse a little slower. The acft nosed over about 400 feet from touchdown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5917G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15071417
- Airframe hours
- 5,328
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pompano Senior Squadron
- Registered owner
- Larry G. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- PMP · Pompano Beach, FL
- Airport
- 1X4 · Willis, runway 9, 3,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 269 total · 59 in this make and model · 246 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5917G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.