- Date
- July 9, 1985, 07:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place
- La Grande, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1749Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40194
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Recovery from bounced landing - inadequateCause
Inadequate trainingFactor
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Nose over
Analysis
This was the student pilot's second solo flight. He had a total time of less than 9 hours. A bounced landing occurred and the student was unable to make an adequate recovery. A witness who saw the accident stated that the aircraft started a climb out with full flaps and at about 50 feet a.g.l. the right wing dropped and the aircraft descended to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1749
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075611
- Airframe hours
- 2,200
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas J. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 25, 1984 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- LGD · La Grande, OR
- Destination
- LGD · La Grande, OR
- Airport
- LGD · La Grande Municipal, runway 34, 4,745 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 9 total · 9 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 7 °F