- Date
- April 13, 1984, 17:30 local (Apr 14, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Challis, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3907JCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840413014169A
- Case key
- 39893
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student plt on a supervised solo flt made a hard landing and during the bouncing the acft hit nose gear first. The nose gear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop in a nose down attitude.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3907J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065207
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Xong Nou Vang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 5, 1983 · 242 hours before
- Airport
- U15 · Challis, runway 16, 4,600 × 60 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
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 13 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 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 N3907J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.