# Accident 19981011028819A: Cessna 150L, Clinton, MD, October 11, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1998, 11:00 local time
- Place: Clinton, MD
- Airport: Washington Executive/Hyde
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8308° N, 76.9203° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8308&lon=-76.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11951, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11951-2001-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD99LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981011028819A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS ON APPROACH WHEN HIGH WINDS CAUSED IT TO LAND HARD ON ITS NOSE BREAKING THE NOSE GEAR. (-23) 10:00 AM STARTED TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK SOLO, TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS WEATHER VR CROSSWINDS S-17 VARIABLE. TAKING OFF-LANDING RUNWAY 05, USING CRAB APPROACH LANDING FIVE NOT MUCH CONTROL PROBLEMS, LANDING OK. 9TH AND FINAL APPROACH NOT MUCH DIFFICULTY, GOT OVER NUMBER. EXPERIENCED UNUSUAL LIFT JUST BEFORE LEVELING OFF TO BEGIN LEVEL APPROACH, PUSHED NOSE DOWN LIFT DISAPPEARED. FLARE NOT SOON ENOUGH TO RECOVER PITCH NOSE WHEEL STRUCK RUNWAY, COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR BEGAN SLIDE TO GRASS INFIELD, SECURED ELECTRICAL, AND FUEL SHUT DOWN, NO ONE INJURED, NOTIFIED NTSB AFTER RETURNING TO FBO.                                                               (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS POSITIONED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH A HANDHELD RADIO. HE STATED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT HAD COMPLETED EIGHT LANDINGS AND THIS LANDING WAS TO A FULL STOP. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT EVERYTHING WAS THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS LANDINGS UNTIL THE AIRPLANE 'EXPERIENCED AN UPDRAFT.' THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED UP AND WHEN IT CAME DOWN, IT BOUNCED BACK INTO THE A IR. THE STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT HE 'PUSHED DOWN NOSE TO CORRECT FOR LIFTING,' AND COULD NOT RECOVER. THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRPLANE SLID INTO THE GRASS INFIELD AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD99LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD99LA009), Oct 11, 1998: Cessna 150L (N11951), Clinton, MD, destroyed. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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