- Date
- March 10, 1982, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N45078Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820310004359A
- Case key
- 71406
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditchFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
On landing the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway and down a bank. The nose gear entered a ditch causing it to fail.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45078
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076725
- Airframe hours
- 2,080
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gordon R. Van Gilder
- Registered owner
- Gordon R. Van Gilder
- Departed
- Independence, MO
- Destination
- Independence, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas-Lee'S Summit, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
N45078Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Cessna 150MAirframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 279 total · 106 in this make and model · 232 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 162 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 14 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 N45078 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.