# Incident 19960530017199I: Cessna 150M, Palmyra, PA, May 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1996, 19:40 local time
- Place: Palmyra, PA
- Airport: Reigle Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2868° N, 76.5770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REIGLE FLD (58N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2868&lon=-76.5770&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2950V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2950V) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 198 total, 10 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960530017199I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 30, 1996, AT 1940 HOURS, A CESSNA 150M, N2950V, REGISTERED TO FRANCIS MAHONEY, SHEARED THE LEFT HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR AT THE AXLE ATTACHMENT POINT DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING AT REIGLE AIRPORT, PALMYRA, PA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT POTTSVILLE, PA AT 1915 HOURS. DURING THE FIRST APPROACH TO REIGLE AIRPORT, THE PILOT DECIDED TO DO A GO-AROUND WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SET UP FOR A LANDING TO RUNWAY 13, ALL SETTINGS AND SPEED CORRECTIONS WERE MADE, AND THE AIRCRAFT FLOATED AND WOULD NOT SETTLE ONTO THE RUNWAY. AT THE FINAL 200 FEET ON RUNWAY 13, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO DO ANOTHER GO-AROUND. CARBURETOR HEAT WAS TURNED OFF AND FULL POWER APPLIED, HOWEVER, NO FLAP ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE AND THE FLAPS REMAINED IN FULL DOWN POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONLY A FEW FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN IT WENT BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED OVER A ROAD, AND STRUCK A SMALL DIRT BANK WITH LEFT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR CAUSING IT TO SEPARATE FROM THE LEFT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED ONCE AND SKIDDED APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AND CAME TO REST IN AN UNPLOWED FIELD. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHEN POWER WAS APPLIED FOR THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB ENOUGH TO CLEAR THE DIRT BANK. THE PILOT ALSO STATED THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS BEFORE OR DURING THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2950V (1)

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

- [Incident 19920810036889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920810036889I), Aug 10, 1992: Cessna 150M (N2950V), Mount Gretna, PA. Pilot experienced engine failure in flight. Emergency landing in field.

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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