- Date
- May 5, 1982, 18:00 local (May 6, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grande Ronde, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6701FCessna 150F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820505014559A
- Case key
- 70882
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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.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that on landing approach the sun was in his eyes. The landing occurred about 50 feet short of the runway threshold when the tail collided with a fence post and the nose wheel contacted a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6701F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15063301
- Airframe hours
- 1,804
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Garnett Leslie Gould Sr.
- Registered owner
- Garnett Leslie Gould Sr.
- Departed
- 752 · Grande Ronde, OR
- Destination
- 752 · Grande Ronde, OR
- Airport
- 752 · Anderson'S, runway 25, 1,400 × 0 ft, gravel
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.