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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150L · Pontiac, MI · July 17, 1983

Date
July 17, 1983 · 11:57 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland Pontiac
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6551G
Reported as
Cessna 150L
Reported engine
Continental O200A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

First solo student bounced and porpoised on landing until nose strut collapsed. Used improper control inputs.

As the FAA filed it

FIRST SOLO STUDENT BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING UNTIL NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED. USED IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS.