# NTSB ATL02LA053: Cessna 150M, N9890J, Ormond Beach, FL, February 25, 2002 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: February 25, 2002, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC) - Place: Ormond Beach, FL - Coordinates: 29.301666, -81.113891 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3017&lon=-81.1139&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 21, 2002 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO-15 - NTSB case key (mKey): 54252 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL02LA053 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54252/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54252 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL02LA053 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper flare and failure to recover from a bounced landing resulting in the subsequent collapse of the nose gear during the landing flare touchdown. A factor contributing to the accident was the student pilot's lack of total experience. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause) - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor) - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause) - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown - terrain condition - runway ## Analysis The student pilot entered the traffic pattern for landing. The pilot flared too high, bounced, and did not add power in an attempt to recover from the bounced landing resulting in the collapse of the nose gear. The student pilot had recorded as logged 8.5 total hours as pilot-in-command. ## Factual narrative On February 25, 2002, about 1535 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150M, N9890J, registered to Ormond Beach Aviation Inc., operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, crashed on landing at Ormond Beach Municipal Airport, Ormond Beach, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated from St. Augustine, Florida, at 1500. The student pilot stated she called Ormond Beach UNICOM about 4 miles north of the airport, gave her position, and requested landing information. The student pilot entered downwind for runway 08. She flared high and the airplane bounced. She did not add power to recover from the bounced landing and the airplane collided with the runway collapsing the nose gear. When student pilot was asked why she did not apply power, she stated she did not know. When the student pilot asked if she experienced any precrash mechanical failure or malfunction with the airframe, flight controls or engine assembly, she stated no. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N9890J](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9890J), registered now, S/N A1500699, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150M - Registry model: [Cessna A150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (registry code 2071831) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: A1S00699 - Airframe hours: 12246 - Engines: Continental O-200-A48 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Ormond Beach Aviation Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 14, 2002, 19 hours before - Departed: SGJ, St. Augustine, FL - Destination: OMN, Ormond Beach, FL - Airport: OMN, Ormond Beach Municipal, runway 080, 4,004 × 75 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: none; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 43 total, 35 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.17 inHg - Observed at: DAB ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20020225005249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020225005249A), Feb 25, 2002: Cessna A150M, Ormond Beach, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) During 8th solo flight and 25th landing student porpoised twice and NLG collapsed. There were no injuries and the aircraft received substantial damage.… ## Other investigations on N9890J (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 ERA12CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA076), Nov 17, 2011: Cessna A150M (N9890J), Ormond Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 29, 2002, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54252. 642 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 642 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40390146&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.