- Date
- September 7, 1984, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9282UCessna C-150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840907047759A
- Case key
- 33793
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Student plt departed on supervised solo flt. Later, instructor noted wind conditions at the airport had become unfavorable & advised plt by radio to divert to a specific alternate where winds conditions were favorable. Plt disregarded advice, proceeded to airport of origin and landed in strong, gusty x-wind. Acft drifted off downwind side ofrwy, collided with a ditch and nosed over. Omaha, nb, (6 miles nnw) reported winds gusting to 25 KTS when the accident occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9282U
- Reported as
- Cessna C-150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078232
- Airframe hours
- 2,757
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Great Planes Air Service
- Registered owner
- Lease-A-Plane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 16, 1984
- Departed
- LNK · Lincoln, NE
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CBF · Council Bluffs Muni, runway 13, 3,500 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 45 total · 45 in this make and model · 18 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Observed at
- OMA, 6 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.