# Accident 20060814017609A: Cessna 150L, Crystal River, FL, August 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2006, 13:45 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8672° N, 82.5711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7255G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7255G-2007-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060814017609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 14, 2006, AT 1345 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 150, N7255G, REGISTERED TO CRYSTAL AERO GROUP INC., WAS LANDING AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT. AA STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED THEN BALLOONED AND SETTLED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AGAIN. THE PILOT DID NOT ADD POWER AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT AND WENT INTO THE GRASS WHERE THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 MIA06CA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA112), Aug 14, 2006: Cessna 150L (N7255G), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N7255G (2)

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

- [Incident 20020119001359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020119001359I), Jan 19, 2002: Cessna 150L (N7255G), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 01/19/02 at 1550 EST, a CE-150L attempted to land at Crystal River airport on r/w 27. The student pilot was in the final phase of landing, approx. 15'…
- [Accident 19780225002709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780225002709A), Feb 25, 1978: Cessna A150K (N7255G), Shrewsbury, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed in frozen lake.

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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