Cessna 150 N8484U

Summary

On 16 December 1988 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N8484U, operated by Tursair, Inc., was involved in an incident near Naples, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 December 1988 at 15:40

Classification

Incident

Location

Naples, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Naples (APF)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N8484U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Tursair, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Opa Locka → Naples

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA89IA052

1 person had minor injuries.

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

TOWER PERSONNEL OBSERVED THE ACFT ON A HIGH FAST FINAL APCH. THEY STATED THAT IT APPEARED THE ACFT WAS FORCED ON THE RWY, WHERE IT HIT ON THE NOSEWHEEL & BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR. ON THE 2ND CONTACT WITH THE RWY, THE NOSEWHEEL FORK SPLIT & THE NOSEWHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT. THE 19 YR OLD STUDENT PLT STATED THAT SURFACE WINDS AT THE ARPT WERE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. SURFACE WIND WAS MEASURED AS CALM AT THE ARPT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.