# Incident 20191220019669I: Cessna 150L, Wheeling, IL, December 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2019, 14:10 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Airport: Chicago Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1149° N, 87.9020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHICAGO EXEC (PWK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1149&lon=-87.9020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747KA-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191220019669I

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION OF DEVIATION: ON DECEMBER 20, 2019 THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N747KA, A CESSNA 150 BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SETTLING ON RUNWAY 16 AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KPWK) WHEELING, ILLINOIS. THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRFRAME.

CASUAL AND /OR CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO LAND N747KA THE PLANE BALLOONED UP. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ATTEMPTED TO LET THE PLANE SETTLE ON THE RUNWAY BY HOLDING THE ELEVATOR BACK, BUT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THE AIRCRAFT KEPT BOUNCING AND GETTING MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH EVERY BOUNCE.

INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DISCUSS THE TRAINING GIVEN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PROVIDED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SOLO ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED SHE PRACTICED AND INSTRUCTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON ALL PRE SOLO REQUIRED TRAINING ITEMS TO INCLUDE GO AROUND PRIOR TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SOLO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER PRACTICED GO AROUND ON THE BOUNCE AND WAS TAUGHT BY MULTIPLE INSTRUCTORS AT CHICAGO EXECUTIVE FLIGHT SCHOOL THAT WHEN YOU BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT THE BEST WAY TO RECOVER IS TO HOLD THE FLIGHT CONTROLS NEUTRAL. INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COUNSELED THE PILOT AND INSTRUCTOR ON WHY THAT IS NOT A BEST PRACTICE. THE GREATER CHICAGO FSDO HAS REACHED OUT TO THE OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER AND HAS NOT RECEIVED A REPLY AS OF 01/13/2020.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT INJURED DURING THIS EVENT.

COMMENTS:  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS COMPLIANT AND EAGER TO LEARN FROM HER MISTAKES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT SHE WILL CONTINUE HER FLIGHT TRAINING AT ANOTHER SCHOOL AND HAS ALREADY REVIEWED AND PRACTICED TAKEOFFS AND GO AROUND WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RCA- LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LACK OF AWARENESS

## Other reports on N747KA (1)

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

- [Incident 20090217002169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090217002169I), Feb 17, 2009: Cessna 150L (N747KA), Grayslake, IL, No damage. (-23) Aircraft departed pwk at approximately 1600 and flew near campbell airport (C81) about 2500-3000 feet and were going to practice rectangular courses.…

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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