- Date
- January 23, 1985, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Beloit, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10894Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850123001199A
- Case key
- 33907
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated he was practicing touch and go landings on rwy 35. After touchdown, the airplane veered left, hit a snowbank off the side of the runway & flipped forward to the inverted position. Winds were from 300 degrees at 5 knots, gusting to 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10894
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 150-75115
- Airframe hours
- 2,292
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Steven J. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 7, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- K6J · Municipal, runway 35, 3,600 × 60 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
- 48
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 25 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.