- Date
- July 7, 1982, 11:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Eustis, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714FFCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820707036009A
- Case key
- 70771
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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 was practicing landings in preparation for his private pilot check. There was a 70 degree right crosswind at 4 KTS. The pilot stated that he had landed hard due to a bad flare and the plane bounced. He thought that the aircraft would settle after the first bounce, so he did not initiate a go-around. However, the aircraft began to porpoise and bounced three more times before the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714FF
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079137
- Airframe hours
- 1,948
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- William Crawford
- Registered owner
- Fort Eustis Flying Club
- Departed
- FAF · Ft Eustis, VA
- Destination
- FAF · Ft Eustis, VA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FAF · Felker Army Airfield, runway 14, 3,000 × 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
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 31 total · 21 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 19 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 180 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.