- Date
- May 9, 1983, 10:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fredonia, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8317JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830509019919A
- Case key
- 33410
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft bounced during landing & then landed hard on the nose gear which collapsed. The plt stated there was low-level turbulence. The plt was not entered into any formal training program nor did he have an instructor. He had accumulated about 12 hrs of dual between 1975 & 1980. He most recent dual was not with a CFI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8317J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066217
- Airframe hours
- 2,800
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fun Flyers Of Fredonia, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1982 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- 1K7 · Fredonia, runway 17, 2,430 × 30 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 6 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNU, 18 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 N8317J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.