# Accident 20100722041009A: Cessna 150M, Knoxville, TN, July 22, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 22, 2010, 13:00 local time
- Place: Knoxville, TN
- Airport: Sky Ranch
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8856° N, 83.9578° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8856&lon=-83.9578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45220, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45220-2013-02-28) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 71 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100722041009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT RETURNING FROM FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY BALLOONED ON LANDING AND IMPACTED ON NOSE OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA10CA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA372), Jul 22, 2010: Cessna 150M (N45220), Knoxville, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

## Other reports on N45220 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910509018959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910509018959I), May 9, 1991: Cessna 150M (N45220), Crossville, TN, Minor damage. Student turned off runway onto taxiway into grass. Nose gear entered soft ditch and propeller hit dirt.

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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