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FAA accident report · Cessna 150M · Mckinney, TX · July 28, 2017

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Date
July 28, 2017 · 15:46 local
Place
Mckinney, TX
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6368K
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA455
Reported as
Cessna 150M
Reported engine
Continental 0-200 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
81 total61 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days
N6368KRegistration cancelled Aug 2, 2020 · Cessna 150MS/N 15077669 · Built 1975Airframe modelCessna 150MEngine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

The student pilot, lone occupant, was practicing touch and go?s on runway 18. The aircraft bounced on landing. The nose pitched up and down and the aircraft landed hard on the nose gear and veered to the right. The aircraft came to rest on the runway.

On scene inspection of aircraft found the nose gear was pushed aft, bending the gear mount tubes, denting and buckling the lower firewall. The steering rod ends were broken. The scissor links punctured the lower skin aft of the firewall. The nose tire separated from the wheel and the wheel halves separated and fractured. The propeller tips were bent indicating the engine had power.

As the FAA filed it

THE STUDENT PILOT, LONE OCCUPANT, WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO?S ON RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON LANDING. THE NOSE PITCHED UP AND DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR AND VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.

ON SCENE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT FOUND THE NOSE GEAR WAS PUSHED AFT, BENDING THE GEAR MOUNT TUBES, DENTING AND BUCKLING THE LOWER FIREWALL. THE STEERING ROD ENDS WERE BROKEN. THE SCISSOR LINKS PUNCTURED THE LOWER SKIN AFT OF THE FIREWALL. THE NOSE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL AND THE WHEEL HALVES SEPARATED AND FRACTURED. THE PROPELLER TIPS WERE BENT INDICATING THE ENGINE HAD POWER.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB GAA17CA455Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportMcKinney, TXThe student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in bounced landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear.Jul 28, 2017 · Substantial damage

Other reports on N6368K · 1

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

Incident 19950612032689IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Sivellsbend, TXBeleived found private strip. On final noted was farm field. Tried go around settled. Wing hit fence post landing.Jun 12, 1995 · Minor damage