# Accident 20240816009859A: Cessna 150K, Gainesville, FL, August 16, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2024, 10:45 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Location: 29.6890° N, 82.2726° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6890&lon=-82.2726&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6495G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6495G-2026-02-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA347) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240816009859A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VFR INBOUND FROM THE SOUTH FOR FULL STOP RUNWAY 7. AFTER LANDING, LOCAL CONTROL NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT IN AN UNUSUAL NOSE DOWN POSITION AND ASKED IF THEY NEEDED ASSISTANCE. PILOT STATED STAND BY. IT APPEARED THE NOSE WHEEL HAD COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. ARFF, OPS AND MAINTENANCE RESPONDED. AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO UNIVERSITY AIR CENTER RAMP AT 1635.

UPON INSPECTION BY THE INVESTIGATING ASI, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUCTURALLY FAILED AND SEPARATED JUST ABOVE THE NOSE WHEEL FORKS.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATE ALL AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVES WERE ADDRESSED UPON THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL INSPECTION (4/26/2024) AND MOST RECENT 100 HOUR INSPECTION (7/4/2024). AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS NOT REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH AD 71-22-02.

THE CFI PILOT HAD 400.5 TOTAL HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, PART 61 OPERATOR.

## 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 ERA24LA347](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA347), Aug 16, 2024: Cessna 150 (N6495G), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of a nose landing gear axle retaining nut and the subsequent the failure of the nose landing gear during 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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