- Date
- July 3, 1982, 13:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Clarinda, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N18003Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703027459A
- Case key
- 70256
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 - in flight
Flare - misjudgedCause
Hard landing
Raising of slats - not maintainedCause
Go-around - improperCause
Analysis
The student pilot flared too high during landing, added power and raised the flaps. The aircraft stalled and landed nose and wingtip first and came to rest off the left side of the runway at midfield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18003
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073721
- Airframe hours
- 2,835
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Milo Beery
- Registered owner
- Milo Beery
- Departed
- Mount Ayr, IA
- Destination
- Clarinda, IA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ICL · Clarinda Municipal, runway 1, 4,000 × 60 ft, asphalt
N18003Registration cancelled Jul 30, 2012 · Cessna 150LAirframe modelCessna 150LEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 8 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Temperature
- 205 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.