# Incident 20040521007839I: Cessna 150M, Auburn-Lewiston, ME, May 21, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Auburn-Lewiston, ME
- Airport: Auburn-Lewiston Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0485° N, 70.2835° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN/LEWISTON MUNI (LEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0485&lon=-70.2835&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704DY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704DY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040521007839I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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