# Accident 19981031031059A: Cessna 150F, Winter Haven, FL, October 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1998, 11:15 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0391° N, 81.7191° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0391&lon=-81.7191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6679F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6679F-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA021) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031031059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED AIRCRAFT.(-23) 2ND SOLO LANDING, GROUND LOOPED. PILOT STATED THAT HE CAME IN FOR LANDING, HAD THE RUNWAY MADE. PULLED BACK ON POWER. FLOATED UP. TRIED TO BRING IT BACK DOWN. LEFT MAIN HIT FIRST. TRIED TO CORRECT, THEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT. VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED. (.19) ON OCTOBER 31, 1998, ABOUT 1115 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150F, N6679F, REGISTERED TO TOM MCGEE AIRCRAFT, INC., CRASHED DURING LANDING AT GILBERT FIELD, WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1100. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. HE HAD PERFORMED ONE LANDING AND WAS MAKING HIS SECOND LANDING. AS HE FLARED FOR LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED AND FLOATED. THE RIGHT WING THEN DROPPED AND THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED. (.4) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS PERFORMING THE                                SECOND LANDING OF HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. DURING LANDING HE FLARED HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED INTO THE AIR, LANDED HARD AGAIN, AND THEN GROUND LOOPED. (-23) 2ND SOLO LANDING, GROUND LOOPED. PILOT STATED THAT HE CAME IN FOR LANDING, HAD THE RUNWAY MADE. PULLED BACK ON POWER. FLOATED UP. TRIED TO BRING IT BACK DOWN. LEFT MAIN HIT FIRST. TRIED TO CORRECT, THEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT. VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 MIA99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA021), Oct 31, 1998: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and ground loop.

## Other reports on N6679F (2)

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

- [Accident 19970209001409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970209001409A), Feb 9, 1997: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Lost power turning base. Unable make runway. Ditched in lake. Nose over. Had pulled mixture instead of carb heat.
- [Accident 19960324005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960324005049A), Mar 24, 1996: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Ocala, FL, Substantial damage. Downwind wing hit runway landing in gusty crosswind. Taxied to ramp. Excessive crosswind for student and plane.

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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