- Date
- October 14, 2005, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Morgantown, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9202UCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Greensboro FSDO-05
- FAA report
- 20051014025849A
- Case key
- 62664
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing,resulting in a loss of directional control and nose over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated the airplane bounced two to three times and he lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane went off the left side of the runway and nosed over inverted. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems or malfunctions with the airplane.
Factual narrative
"This report is based on information received by the NTSB. Additional details may be found in the NTSB's public docket for this case. For further information please contact the NTSB's Office of Public Inquires."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9202U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078153
- Airframe hours
- 6,859
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lenoir Aviation Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 2005 · 141 hours before
- Departed
- 18NC · Lenoir, NC
- Destination
- MRN · Morgantown, NC
- Airport
- MRN · Morgantown-Lenoir Airport, runway 21, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 45
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 48 total · 48 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- MRN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9202U · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.