# Accident 20250104000149A: Cessna 150F, Mckinney, TX, January 4, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2025, 09:48 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Airport: Mckinney Ntl
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1771° N, 96.5888° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1771&lon=-96.5888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3589L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3589L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150F (registry code 2071814, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,812 total, 63 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250104000149A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 04, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 0948 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 150F, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IMPACTED AND COLLAPSED ITS NOSE LANDING GEAR, ON RUNWAY 18 AT MCKINNEY NATIONAL AIRPORT (KTKI). THE STUDENT PILOT WAS AT THE CONTROLS IN THE LEFT SEAT AND THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF LANDING ON RUNWAY 18. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5-10 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY AT 60-70 MPH. THERE WAS A CROSSWIND, AND THE STUDENT PILOT WENT TO FLARE FOR THE LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT LOSS LIFT, STRIKING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FIRST. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND BECAME DAMAGED, AND SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY BEFORE COMING TO REST NOSE DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. NEITHER OF THE PILOTS WERE INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

1450Z 12010KT BKN028 OVC048 12/07 A3018

## 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 CEN25LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA071), Jan 4, 2025: Cessna 150F (N3589L), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate supervision and delayed remedial action and the student pilot’s failure to maintain a proper landing flare, which resulted in a nose down impact with the runway.

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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