# Incident 20210805013429I: Cessna 150L, Morris, IL, August 5, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 2021, 17:35 local time
- Place: Morris, IL
- Airport: Morris Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3802° N, 88.4243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morris, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3802&lon=-88.4243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11283, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11283) (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: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210805013429I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF N11283, A CESSNA C150 AIRCRAFT, WAS ON A STUDENT SOLO FLIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON RUNWAY 18 AT MORRIS AIRPORT (C09).  ON THE PATTERN PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, THE PIC EXTENDED HIS DOWNWIND TO ADJUST FOR AN AIRCRAFT ON FINAL.  THE PIC?S BASE TURN RESULTED IN A LONGER THAN NORMAL FINAL.  AS THE PIC ENTERED THE ROUNDOUT, HE FLARED HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED.  IN RESPONSE TO THE BOUNCE, THE PIC ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE NOSE TO THE RUNWAY.  THIS LED TO THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTING THE RUNWAY, LEADING TO A PORPOISE.  THE PIC ELECTED TO TRY TO COUNTERACT THE OSCILLATIONS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP IT.  DURING THESE OSCILLATIONS, THE NOSE GEAR STRUT BENT AFT AND THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND THE PIC WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN.

A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE INCLUDED A COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER TIPS BENT AFT, CONSISTENT WITH SLOW SPEED CONTACT AS WELL AS CORROBORATING THE PIC?S DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENTS.

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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