- Date
- March 27, 1982, 11:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Hoquiam, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8063SCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 71079
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Analysis
The private pilot had been making touch and go landings with a passenger on board for about one hour. He had made about 6 or 7 uneventful landings. On the last approach, the nose pitched down when the plane was about 50 ft AGL over the numbers. The empennage was damaged when the plane landed hard and bounced back on the tail. Some turbulence was reported in the area.
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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - turbulence,clear airFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8063S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061663
- Airframe hours
- 4,078
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harry Stull
- Registered owner
- Harry Stull
- Departed
- HQM · Hoquiam, WA
- Destination
- HQM · Hoquiam, WA
- Airport
- HQM · Bowerman Field, runway 6, 5,000 × 0 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 172 total · 11 in this make and model · 125 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 115 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HQM