Cessna 150F N8780S

Summary

On 6 June 1982 at about 19:30 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8780S, operated by Paul Bruce Fleming, was involved in an accident near Monroeville, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 June 1982 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Monroeville, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Monroe County (MVC)

Coordinates

31.5110, -87.3207

Aircraft

Cessna 150F

Registration

N8780S

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Paul Bruce Fleming

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tuscaloosa → Monroeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL82DA157

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER MAKING A NORMAL LANDING TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSEWHEEL WAS HELD OFF UNTIL IT LOWERED NATURALLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN, IT SEEMED THAT THE WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN. AT ABOUT THAT TIME, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PROPELLER, COWLING, AND LEFT WINGTIP WERE DAMAGED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT NOSE WHEEL AXLE NUT WAS MISSING AND THE AXLE HAD FAILED. THE NOSEWHEEL HAD COME LOOSE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE NOSE GEAR FORK AND WAS COCKED TO THE LEFT. THERE WAS NO RECENT MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE PLANE WAS BEING FERRIED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.