# NTSB BFO88LA029: Cessna 150G, N6360S, Ridgeway, VA, March 22, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 22, 1988, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Ridgeway, VA
- Coordinates: 36.569534, -79.849761 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5695&lon=-79.8498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 11400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=BFO88LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/11400/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO88LA029

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT BOUNCED AND THE STUDENT PLT APPLIED POWER TO LEVEL-OFF AND REFLARE. THE LEFT WING THEN ROSE AND THE RIGHT WING CONTACTED THE RWY. THE ACFT BOUNCED BACK AND THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE RWY. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE ACFT CAME TO REST ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6360S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6360S-1991-06-10), registration cancelled 1991-06-10, S/N 15067160 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15067160
- Airframe hours: 2248
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Carrol J. Allen
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 18, 1988, 12 hours before
- Airport: Pace Field, runway 18, 3,000 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAN, 25 nm away

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.

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