- Date
- October 24, 1988, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Liberty, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60977Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881024048849A
- Case key
- 34714
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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 collision with object
Object - animal(s)Cause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Aircraft control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
While flaring for a x-wind landing, the student plt saw a large brown animal running toward the rwy. He maneuvered to avoid the animal. He stated the left main gear struck the animal, then the acft went off the rwy, bounced & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60977
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070710
- Airframe hours
- 3,500
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Franklin, James J.
- Registered owner
- Franklin, Robert J.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3EX · Excelsior Spgs, MO
- Destination
- MO10
- Airport
- MO10 · Liberty, runway 19, 2,780 × 20 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 92 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.