- Date
- February 8, 1987, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Joseph, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3079JCessna 150E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870208002529A
- Case key
- 40591
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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
Plt was on first flight of season. After two hours flying, landing was attempted on dry hard-surface runway in slight tailwind. During roll-out, left drift developed. Use of right brake caused tail of acft to lift. Plt applied both brakes and acft nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3079J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15061179
- Airframe hours
- 4,390
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James W. Kilgore
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1986
- Airport
- 4S3 · Joseph State, runway 33, 3,800 × 50 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
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 335 total · 64 in this make and model · 283 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.