- Date
- April 24, 1982, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Potter, NE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1556QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820424012399A
- Case key
- 72302
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was on his first flight to the "bar j lazy v" ranch. He saw a group of buildings which he believed to be on the ranch. Nearby was a field that appeared to have been bladed to remove grass clumps. He proceeded to make a full flap landing on the strip. As he was flaring to land, he realized that he was over a strip of plowed ground. The plane touched down on the main gear and rolled until the nose wheel touched and dug in. The plane nosed over as it had almost come to a stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1556Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-72856
- Airframe hours
- 3,580
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- John Clinch
- Registered owner
- John Clinch
- Departed
- North Platte, NE
- Destination
- Half Way Ranch, ID
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 31 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.