# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150G: Hard landing NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports. ## Latest cases - [NTSB MIA97LA114](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA114.md): Cessna 150G · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 3, 1997 · N2402J · Substantial damage > the student pilot's improper level off. - [NTSB SEA96LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA150.md): Cessna 150 · Puyallup, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 1996 · N8310J · Substantial damage > improper flare by the pilot during a touch-and-go landing. - [NTSB MIA95LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA146.md): Cessna 150G · Archer, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 7, 1995 · N3888J · Substantial damage > The pilot's improper landing flare/touchdown resulting in a hard/bounced landing, and subsequent nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. - [NTSB SEA89LA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA014.md): Cessna 150G · Post Falls, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 23, 1988 · N3691J · Substantial damage > The plt rprtd that due to the airstrip conds, he was making a low, flat apch. He was using carb heat. When power application became necessary, just before landing, the eng did not respond immediately. The plt maintained a nose high attitude to avoid obstacles… - [NTSB MIA88LA222](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA222.md): Cessna 150G · Keystone Height, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1988 · N3983J · Substantial damage > While on a personal flt during the seventh touch & go landing, the acft bounced & drifted off the left side of the rwy. The plt added power & rolled the acft into a right bank to correct this but the right wing collided with terrain. The acft then nosed over… - [NTSB ATL86LA241](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA241.md): Cessna 150 · Smithfield, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 4, 1986 · N3410J · Substantial damage > The pilot reported that during a practice landing he flared too high off the runway surface. The pilot lowered the nose, causing the nosewheel to strike the runway. The pilot lost control and the acft skidded off the left side, down an embankment and flipped… - [NTSB ATL86FMG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FMG05.md): Cessna 150 · Yadkinville, NC · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Mar 11, 1986 · N4752X · Substantial damage > The acft was landed improperly and after bouncing two of three times the nose gear separated. The acft then nosed over and suffered further damage to the prop, wings and tail. - [NTSB CHI85LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA387.md): Cessna 150 · Hastings, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 28, 1985 · N3025S · Substantial damage > The pilot was competing in a spot landing contest. The aircraft was reportedly observed about 4 to 5 feet AGL and slow just before it contacted the grass runway. The nosegear failed, dug into the ground, resulting in a nose over. - [NTSB ATL85LA274](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA274.md): Cessna 150G · Dalton, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 11, 1985 · N2906J · Substantial damage > During arrival, the student plt elected to land on a taxiway since the rwy was closed for constuction. He stated that he made a normal pattern, but was a little high on final apch. He reported that he flared about 20 ft above the taxiway, then the acft landed… - [NTSB NYC85LA028](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA028.md): Cessna 150G · Westerly, RI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Nov 15, 1984 · N3210J · Substantial damage > While practicing a landing, the acft bounced & touched down hard on the nosewheel. The nose gear collapsed & the right wing & prop were damaged. - [NTSB SEA84LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA081.md): Cessna 150 · Challis, ID · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 14, 1984 · N3907J · Destroyed > The student plt on a supervised solo flt made a hard landing and during the bouncing the acft hit nose gear first. The nose gear collapsed and the acft slid to a stop in a nose down attitude. - [NTSB ATL84LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA079.md): Cessna 150G · Charlottesville, VA · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 7, 1984 · N2462J · Substantial damage > The plt reported that he started to lose control during the landing and added power to go-around. He said he pulled backon the controls and inadvertantly raised the flaps after he was already losing altitude. After touchdown, the acft flipped over. - [NTSB FTW84LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA008.md): Cessna 150G · Forrest City, AR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 2, 1983 · N2938S · Substantial damage > During a landing, the acft touched down hard, then bounced & touched down hard, 2 more times. On the 3rd impact, the nose gear collapsed. Subsequently, the acft slid to a stop with damage to the propeller & firewall. - [NTSB MKC83LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA107.md): Cessna 150G · Fredonia, KS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 9, 1983 · N8317J · Substantial damage > The acft bounced during landing & then landed hard on the nose gear which collapsed. The plt stated there was low-level turbulence. The plt was not entered into any formal training program nor did he have an instructor. He had accumulated about 12 hrs of dual… - [NTSB SEA82DA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA060.md): Cessna 150G · Camas, WA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Apr 28, 1982 · N3691J · Substantial damage > After receiving 2.9 hrs of dual instruction in this make and model of aircraft, the student proceeded on a supervised solo flight. The first approach and landing were observed by the instructor to be normal. The second approach was made with 20 degrees of… ## The whole list in SQL Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS: ```sql SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1 WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071816') AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200)) ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC ``` This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071816&occurrence=200 --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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