- Date
- July 20, 2001, 20:45 local (Jul 21, 2001, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Blackfoot, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10RHCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA - FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010720018689A
- Case key
- 52809
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane while landing.
Analysis
The pilot submitted a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board dated July 29. He reported that shortly after touchdown (wheel landing) on runway 19, the airplane "… started turning to the left." He stated that he applied right rudder without response and then applied brakes. Shortly after applying brakes, the airplane swerved to the right and nosed over.
Factual narrative
On July 20, 2001, about 2045 Mountain daylight time, a tailwheel-equipped Cessna 150, N10RH, sustained substantial damage subsequent to a nose over while landing at McCarley Field, Blackfoot, Idaho. The airplane is owned by the pilot, and was being operated as a personal cross-country flight under the provisions of Title 14, CFR part 91, when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The private pilot, and the one passenger aboard the aircraft, were not injured.
The pilot submitted a written statement to the National Transportation Safety Board dated July 29. He reported that shortly after touchdown (wheel landing) on runway 19, the airplane "… started turning to the left." He stated that he applied right rudder without response and then applied brakes. Shortly after applying brakes, the airplane swerved to the right and nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10RH
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15066306
- Airframe hours
- 1,820
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne A. Trom
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 19, 2001 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- S67 · Nampa, ID
- Destination
- U02 · ID
- Airport
- U02 · Mccarley Fld, runway 19, 4,300 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 54
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- October 30, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,579 total · 24 in this make and model · 1,483 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on January 30, 2002, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 438 KB in all.
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 N10RH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.