# Incident 19960801020519I: Cessna 150G, Shell Lake, WI, August 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1996, 11:15 local time
- Place: Shell Lake, WI
- Airport: Shell Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7314° N, 91.9207° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELL LAKE MUNI (SSQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7314&lon=-91.9207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2972S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2972S) (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: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960801020519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE FIRST LEG WAS FROM (ACX) ASHLAND, WI TO (SSQ) SHELL LAKE, WI. STUDENT MADE A HARD LANDING, BOUNCED, LANDED AGAIN HARD ON THE NOSE, WHICH TORE OFF, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP. NO INJURY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE TRANSPONDER, WHICH WAS BEING USED, WAS NOT CURRENT, AND RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED IN AN UN-AIRWORTHY CONDITION DUE TO NON-COMPLIANCE WITH AD # 67-31-04 AND # 93-24-15. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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