# NTSB NYC87LA013: Cessna 150, N50832, So. Dayton, NY, October 7, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 7, 1986, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: So. Dayton, NY
- Coordinates: 42.359928, -79.050422 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3599&lon=-79.0504&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30546
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC87LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30546/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC87LA013

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT CAME IN LONG AND HIGH, BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT A FEW TIMES. THE NOSE WHEEL COLLPASED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50832](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50832), registered now, S/N 15069584 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069584
- Airframe hours: 1708
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cattaraugus Flying Club, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: D89, So. Dayton, runway 18, 3,880 × 60 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 3 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 64 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861007048319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861007048319A), Oct 7, 1986: Cessna 150J, South Dayton, NY, Substantial damage. The student stalled the aircraft in the flare and landed hard.

## Other investigations on N50832 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC71FFJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC71FFJ38), Jun 30, 1971: Cessna 150J (N50832), Bergholtz, NY, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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