- Date
- March 18, 1987, 08:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N457AFCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 2, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870318006329A
- Case key
- 40598
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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
During landing a gust of wind occurred from the right. The student pilot was not able to correct for the wind and lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft veered to the left of the runway onto rough terrain and then nosed over inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N457AF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1505762
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles King
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- VGT · North Las Vegan Air Term., runway 7, 5,005 × 100 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 23 total · 23 in this make and model · 13 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VGT
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.