20090414016519A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 150G · Madison, MS · April 14, 2009

Date
April 14, 2009 · 20:20 local
Place
Madison, MS
Airport
Bruce Campbell Field
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3334J
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA243
Reported as
Cessna 150G
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
103 total60 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot attempting night landing, flared high, bounced off the runway, landing in the grass beside the runway where the aircraft struck a drainage ditch causing the aircraft to flip upside down.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTING NIGHT LANDING, FLARED HIGH, BOUNCED OFF THE RUNWAY, LANDING IN THE GRASS BESIDE THE RUNWAY WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP UPSIDE DOWN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.