- Date
- November 24, 1985, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palmyra, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8324JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851124057989A
- Case key
- 30270
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On landing the acft encountered wind gusts forcing the left wing upward, and hitting the right wing on the ground. The acft then spun around striking the prop and left wing on the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8324J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066224
- Airframe hours
- 3,700
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Don Adams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1984
- Airport
- 58N · Palmyra, runway 31, 2,160 × 300 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 78 in this make and model · 44 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 15 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8324J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.