# Incident 19880503041529I: Cessna 150M, Kinston, NC, May 3, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1988, 18:40 local time
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Airport: Eastern Regional Jetport At Stall
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2751° N, 77.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinston, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2751&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704WT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503041529I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STUDENT PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING. BOUNCED AND BEGAN TO PORPOISE. NOSE GEAR SHEARED OFF.

## Other reports on N704WT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910124008509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910124008509I), Jan 24, 1991: Cessna 150M (N704WT), Greeneville, TN, Minor damage. Floated on landing and nosed over on rollout. Nose gear failed and was sheared off.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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