- Date
- June 14, 1984, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- El Dorado, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N51128Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840614024239A
- Case key
- 33707
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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.
Analysis
The acft collided with a ditch while taxiing after landing. The plt was attempting to make a 180 degree turn on the rwy. She said she turned right to allow more room to swing left. She said that she was then unable to depress the left rudderpedal. The acft continued off the right side of the rwy into a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51128
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069783
- Airframe hours
- 5,101
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eldoaire, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 29, 1984 · 38 hours before
- Departed
- ELD · El Dorado, AR
- Airport
- F43 · Eldorado Down Town, runway 18, 3,000 × 50 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13 total · 13 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.