- Date
- March 28, 1987, 14:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Fremont, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6978FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34355
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot got off course on the first leg of his solo cross-country flight. He landed at an airport for fuel and directions, but the airport was deserted. When he departed for a nearby airport, he could not find that airport. After the student pilot called them on UNICOM, they attempted to locate his position by visual references and also sent an airplane to assist. When the student pilot started having communication problems, he realized he was going away from the airport and made a precautionary landing in a field. He touched down long, decided against a go-around and went through two fences and hit a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6978F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063578
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ruth Nickie
- Registered owner
- Johnson Nickie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1H5 · Willow Springs, MO
- Destination
- H63 · West Plains, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 235° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F