# NTSB SEA84LA081: Cessna 150, N3907J, Challis, ID, April 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 13, 1984, 17:30 local (Apr 14, 1984, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Challis, ID
- Coordinates: 44.649208, -114.149208 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6492&lon=-114.1492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 39893
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/39893/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA081

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3907J-2012-11-14), registration cancelled 2012-11-14, S/N 15065207, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065207
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840413014169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840413014169A), Apr 13, 1984: Cessna 150, Challis, ID, Destroyed. Nose wheel collapsed after hard landing. Aircraft caught fire and was destroyed.

## Other investigations on N3907J (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 SEA70D0068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70D0068), Aug 31, 1969: Cessna 150 (N3907J), Twin Falls, ID, 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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