- Date
- March 20, 1982, 16:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Sabetha, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60761Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820320004609A
- Case key
- 72445
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot initiated a landing approach to runway 1 with the wind from 280 degrees at 18, gusting 25 knots. He entered final approach in a crab and was lined up with the runway. When over the threshold, the plane started to drift right. It settled to the ground to the right of the runway and continued into a field. The plane had nearly stopped when the nosewheel encountered a soft spot and a gust of wind raised the left wing and the tail. The plane flipped over onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60761
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070556
- Airframe hours
- 5,085
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Westwind Avation Of Sabetha, I
- Registered owner
- Westwind Avation Of Sabetha, I
- Departed
- York, NE
- Destination
- Sabetha, KS
- Airport
- K83 · Sabetha Muni, runway 1, 2,500 × 40 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 97 total · 76 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 104 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.