- Date
- April 1, 1989, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Bowling Green, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1044ZCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890401005709A
- Case key
- 8009
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Probable cause
The student pilot failed to maintain control of the aircraft when he misjudged the height of the landing flare. The recovery from the bounced landing was inadequate and the nose gear collapsed upon impact with the runway.
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
During his third supervised solo flight, the student pilot was remaining in closed traffic for takeoff and landing practice. On the fourth landing, the student reported that he was just about ready to flare when he felt the airplane sink. He added power and the airplane hit the runway and bounced. During the second touchdown, the nose gear collapsed and the airplane slid to a stop on its main gear and nose section. The local wind was nearly alignedwith the runway at about 6 knots. Wx data listed above was from an observation at a wx reporting station 15 miles from the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1044Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075525
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Airborne Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- 1G0 · Wood County, runway 27, 4,200 × 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
- Age
- 34
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14 total · 14 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOL, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.