# Accident 20081121857039A: Cessna 150F, Trenton, TX, November 21, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2008, 21:00 local time
- Place: Trenton, TX
- Airport: Tri-County Aerodrome
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4544° N, 96.3814° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4544&lon=-96.3814&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8900S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8900S-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081121857039A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON 11/21/08 AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 LOCAL TIME, CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A HARD LANDING ON A GRASS FIELD IN TRENTON, TX (48TX), IN A CESSNA MODEL C-150-F, SERIAL #15062200, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE PILOTS WRITTEN STATEMENT INDICATES THAT THEY HAD A HARDER THAN NORMAL LANDING, BOUNCED, THEN FLIPPED OVER UPON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN.

## 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 CEN09CA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA071), Nov 22, 2008: Cessna 150F (N8900S), Trenton, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare during landing, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the night light conditions and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot.

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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