# Accident 20170728010139A: Cessna 150M, Mckinney, TX, July 28, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2017, 15:46 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1811° N, 96.5886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1811&lon=-96.5886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6368K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6368K-2020-08-02) (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: 81 total, 61 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA455) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170728010139A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA17CA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA455), Jul 28, 2017: Cessna 150 (N6368K), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in bounced landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Other reports on N6368K (1)

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

- [Incident 19950612032689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950612032689I), Jun 12, 1995: Cessna 150M (N6368K), Sivellsbend, TX, Minor damage. Beleived found private strip. On final noted was farm field. Tried go around settled. Wing hit fence post landing.

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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