- Date
- November 4, 2010, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Kenmare, ND
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N23099Cessna 150H
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-FAR-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20101104049719A
- Case key
- 77736
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he applied full flaps while on final approach to land in a farm field. He did not flare quickly enough prior to touchdown and the airplane bounced twice. The nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over, sustaining substantial damage to the firewall and wings. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation
Factual narrative
The pilot reported he applied full flaps while on final approach to land in a farm field and that he did not flare quickly enough. The airplane bounced twice prior to the nose gear collapsing and the airplane nosing over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and wings. No anomalies were found with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23099
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068724
- Airframe hours
- 3,625
- Engine
- Cont Motor O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Hanson Lyle
- Registered owner
- Hanson Lyle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 20, 2010 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- Kenmare, ND
- Destination
- Kenmare, ND
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
- 83
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 30, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 927 total · 198 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MOT, 140 nm away
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 10, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 481 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.