# Accident 20010905029299A: Cessna 150M, Ormond Beach, FL, September 5, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: September 5, 2001, 19:00 local time - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: Ormond Beach Municipal Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.3011° N, 81.1138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORMOND BEACH MUNI (OMN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3011&lon=-81.1138&mi=10 - Aircraft: N704KK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704KK-2015-03-12) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental O-200A (registry code 17404, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M - Reported engine: CONT O200A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Student - Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 43 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA230) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010905029299A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) STUDENT WAS ATTEMPTING FIRST LANDING OF 4TH SUPERVISED SOLO USING 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS INSTEAD OF 40 DEGREES. AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE RESULTING IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOLDING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL AND FORWARD FUSELAGE. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COUNSELED AND REQUIRED TO UNDERGO FURTHER DUAL INSTRUCTION PRIOR TO SOLO. (.4) ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2001, ABOUT 1900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N704KK, REGISTERED TO, AND OPERATED BY ORMOND BEACH AVIATION INC., AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, MADE A HARD LANDING AT ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE STUDENT PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1855. THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS A STUDENT PILOT ON A SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, AND SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN RECEIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION ON SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, AND AFTER SHE HAD BEEN GIVEN INSTRUCTION, HER INSTRUCTOR GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND TOLD HER TO PRACTICE THEM. THE STUDENT FURTHER STATED THAT DURING HER SO LO FLIGHT, AS SHE WAS PERFORMING THE SOFT FIELD LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. SHE SAID SHE TRIED TO RECOVER BY KEEPING THE NOSE UP, AND THEN PUTTING THE NOSE DOWN, BUT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THREE TIMES, AND DURING THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. SHE SAID SHE THEN SWITCHED OFF THE MASTER SWITCH AND THE IGNITION, AND MADE A RADIO CALL TO SAY THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE RUNWAY. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE SHOWED THE STUDENT SOFT FIELD LANDINGS WITH BOTH 20 AND 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS, TO SHOW HER THAT THE LANDING SHOULD BE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING, AT A NORMAL AIRSPEED. THE INSTRUCTOR FURTHER STATED THAT THE STUDENT'S LANDINGS HAD BEEN "OKAY", AND HE HAD HER DROP HIM OFF AT THE "FUEL FARM", AND SENT HER ON A SOLO FLIGHT TO PRACTICE SOFT FIELD TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. HE STATED THAT HE TOLD HER TO PERFORM THE SOFT FIELD LANDINGS WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS, SINCE HE FELT THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE AIRPLANE WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS. ACCORDING TO THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO CONDUCTED THE POSTACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT, DURING THE LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN, THE LANDING GEAR FAILED, AND WAS BENT UNDER THE AIRCRAFT, BRINGING IT TO AN ABRUPT HALT. THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT AS A RESULT, THE FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED, AND THE FORWARD FUSELAGE WAS WRINKLED. ## 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 MIA01LA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA230), Sep 5, 2001: Cessna 150M (N704KK), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's improper landing flare/touchdown while attempting to make a soft field landing during a supervised solo flight which resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft ## Other reports on N704KK (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19990607006589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990607006589A), Jun 7, 1999: Cessna 150M (N704KK), St Augustine, FL, Substantial damage. Acft ran off the left side of the rwy after landing, went over a high power pad, and tore off the nose gear, other circumstances are unknown. (From .19) on… - [Incident 19891207063649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891207063649I), Dec 7, 1989: Cessna 150M (N704KK), St Clair, MO. Oil exhaustion on student cross-country flight. Forced landing. Oil filler cap not secured. Engine oil siphoned out - [Accident 19770414016309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770414016309A), Apr 14, 1977: Cessna 150M (N704KK), Alton, IL, Substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.