# Incident 20021205034189I: Cessna 150J, La Belle, FL, December 5, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Airport: Southwest Citrus Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6628° N, 81.4234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Southwest Citrus Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6628&lon=-81.4234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60656, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60656-2024-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150J (registry code 2071820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021205034189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 5, 2002 AT ABOUT 1630 EST, A CESSNA 150, N60656, EXPERIENCED A COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER A HARD LANDING AT LABELLE AIRPORT LABELLE FL, WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PRIVATE RATED PILOT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LABELLE AIRPORT SHORTLY BEFORE THIS OCCURRENCE. THE PILOT STATED THAT ON LANDING HE BOUNCED AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR CAUSING IT'S COLLAPSE.

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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