# Incident 19960707033509I: Cessna 150G, Smithville, TX, July 7, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Smithville, TX
- Airport: Smithville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0088° N, 97.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0088&lon=-97.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3204X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3204X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960707033509I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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