- Date
- May 10, 1987, 19:00 local (May 11, 1987, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N6561SCessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870510018719A
- Case key
- 34388
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/unevenFactor
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Runway maintenance - inadequateCause
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Landing gear,nose gear - failure,total
Analysis
The pilot had completed the landing at a private airport and was taxiing at the edge of the gravel runway. He hit a clump of grass and dirt and partially collapsed the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6561S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15067361
- Airframe hours
- 3,098
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence B. Holland
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 20, 1987 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MHL · Marshall, MO
- Airport
- Private, runway 19, 2,400 × ft, gravel
N6561SRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 2003 · Cessna 150HAirframe modelCessna 150HEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 178 total · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.