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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 150M · Auburn-Lewiston, ME · May 21, 2004

Date: May 21, 2004 · 14:30 local
Place: Auburn-Lewiston, ME
Airport: Auburn-Lewiston Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N704DY
Reported as: Cessna 150M
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 65 total65 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N704DYRegistered now · Cessna 150MS/N 15078540 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 150M Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to on site witness and statement taken from the student pilot, the student pilot was on a solo practice flight and was practicing a simulated short field landing with a simulated 50 foot obstacle. A flare was not started when the aircraft hit the runway nose wheel first, the aircraft then bounced into the air. A total of 3 of these fugoid oscillations took place and on the third one, the nose gear collapsed, the prop blades were bent back, and the left wing scraped the pavement. The aircraft came to rest on the right side of the runway and approximately 3/4 down runway 35. The nose was resting on the ground and the tail almost vertical in the air. The student had her seat belt and shoulder harness fastened and she appeared to have no injuries. The student and her CFI were counseled on site.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO ON SITE WITNESS AND STATEMENT TAKEN FROM THE STUDENT PILOT, THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO PRACTICE FLIGHT AND WAS PRACTICING A SIMULATED SHORT FIELD LANDING WITH A SIMULATED 50 FOOT OBSTACLE. A FLARE WAS NOT STARTED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL FIRST, THE AIRCRAFT THEN BOUNCED INTO THE AIR. A TOTAL OF 3 OF THESE FUGOID OSCILLATIONS TOOK PLACE AND ON THE THIRD ONE, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROP BLADES WERE BENT BACK, AND THE LEFT WING SCRAPED THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 3/4 DOWN RUNWAY 35. THE NOSE WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND AND THE TAIL ALMOST VERTICAL IN THE AIR. THE STUDENT HAD HER SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS FASTENED AND SHE APPEARED TO HAVE NO INJURIES. THE STUDENT AND HER CFI WERE COUNSELED ON SITE.