# Accident 20051014025849A: Cessna 150M, Morganton, NC, October 14, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 2005, 11:45 local time
- Place: Morganton, NC
- Airport: Morganton-Lenoir Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8200° N, 81.6114° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8200&lon=-81.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9202U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9202U-2005-12-30) (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 O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 30 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051014025849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 14, 2005, APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS LOCAL, A STUDENT PILOT PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 21 LANDED HARD, BOUNCED THREE TIMES, DRIFTING TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. ON THE FINAL BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, THE NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO SOFT DIRT/MUD COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, NOSED OVER AND LANDED INVERTED.

## 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 ATL06CA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06CA005), Oct 14, 2005: Cessna 150M (N9202U), Morgantown, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing,resulting in a loss of directional control and nose over.

## Other reports on N9202U (1)

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

- [Accident 19770113000339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770113000339A), Jan 13, 1977: Cessna 150M (N9202U), Moneta, VA, Substantial damage. Snowbank along side plowed runway

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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