NTSB Identification: CHI85LA387.
The docket is stored on NTSB microfiche number 28725.
Accident occurred Saturday, September 28, 1985 in HASTINGS, MI
Aircraft: CESSNA 150, registration: N3025S
Injuries: 2 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.THE PILOT WAS COMPETING IN A SPOT LANDING CONTEST. THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTEDLY OBSERVED ABOUT 4 TO 5 FEET AGL AND SLOW JUST BEFORE IT CONTACTED THE GRASS RUNWAY. THE NOSEGEAR FAILED, DUG INTO THE GROUND, RESULTING IN A NOSE OVER.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
AIRSPEED..NOT MAINTAINED..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
DIVERTED ATTENTION..PILOT IN COMMAND
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
FLARE..MISJUDGED..PILOT IN COMMAND
Contributing Factors
LANDING GEAR,NOSE GEAR..OVERLOAD
Contributing Factors
TERRAIN CONDITION..SOFT
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