# Accident 20100404031319A: Cessna 150G, Winter Haven, FL, April 4, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2010, 16:00 local time
- Place: Winter Haven, FL
- Airport: Winter Haven'S Gilbert Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: TN4S
- Location: 28.0628° N, 81.7533° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0628&lon=-81.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4655X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4655X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA218) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100404031319A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 04, 2010, AIRCRAFT N4655X, SERIAL NUMBER 15064705, NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 04.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED ON APRIL 07, 2010 REVEALED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FIREWALL.  THE PROPELLER, ENGINE, ENGINE MOUNT, NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY, AND ENGINE COWLING WERE RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING TOUCHDOWN, THE MAIN GEAR BOUNCE, AND AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSE ON THE RUNWAY DURING TAXI.

## 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 ERA10CA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA218), Apr 4, 2010: Cessna 150G (N4655X), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing in gusting winds.

## Other reports on N4655X (2)

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

- [Accident 19970201001059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970201001059A), Feb 1, 1997: Cessna 150G (N4655X), Dowagiac, MI, Substantial damage. Began go around after porpoising landing with carb heat on. Lost control veered into snowbank off edge runway. (-23) the pilot reported that the aircraft…
- [Incident 19950506012589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950506012589I), May 6, 1995: Cessna 150G (N4655X), Dowagiac, MI, Minor damage. Pulled power on short field takeoff to simulate engine out. Airspeed and direction control lost. Severed nosegear.

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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