- Date
- November 4, 1984, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3510VCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841104062789A
- Case key
- 33883
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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.
Undershoot
Proper glidepath - not maintainedCause
Proper touchdown point - not attainedCause
Weather condition - turbulence
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Complete gear collapsed
Landing gear - overload
Analysis
Due to a lower than optimum glide path and turbulence, the acft landed about 100 ft short of the rwy. All 3 landing gear collapsed in the unimproved terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3510V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 76529
- Airframe hours
- 2,754
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Green Castle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1984 · 67 hours before
- Departed
- C11 · Amana, IA
- Destination
- IA24 · Oxford, IA
- Airport
- IA24 · Green Castle, runway 33, 2,600 × ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 258 in this make and model · 920 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CID, 8 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.