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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Smithville, TX · July 7, 1996

Date: July 7, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place: Smithville, TX
Airport: Smithville Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3204X
Reported as: Cessna 150G
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 55 total55 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N3204XRegistered now · Cessna 150GS/N 15064604 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 150G Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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.

Narrative: during solo take off and landing practice, Mr. Bowles bounced during the second landing. Mr. Bowles allowed the aircraft to porpoise and failed to initiate corrective action. The nose wheel struck the runway and was bent back, and the propeller struck the runway, stopping the engine. The aircraft received minor damage and Mr. Bowles was not injured. Incident occured during student pilot solo paractice. Student received additional instruction after incident and has received a private pilot certificate since time of incident.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: DURING SOLO TAKE OFF AND LANDING PRACTICE, MR. BOWLES BOUNCED DURING THE SECOND LANDING. MR. BOWLES ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE AND FAILED TO INITIATE CORRECTIVE ACTION. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WAS BENT BACK, AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, STOPPING THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND MR. BOWLES WAS NOT INJURED. INCIDENT OCCURED DURING STUDENT PILOT SOLO PARACTICE. STUDENT RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AFTER INCIDENT AND HAS RECEIVED A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE SINCE TIME OF INCIDENT.