# NTSB CEN19LA264: Cessna 150, N8374J, Cordell, OK, August 9, 2019 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 9, 2019, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC) - Place: Cordell, OK - Coordinates: 35.291942, -98.969718 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2919&lon=-98.9697&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 3 - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 100041 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19LA264 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100041/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100041 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19LA264 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Experience/qualifications: total experience in position](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020): Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge · Pilot; cases with it: [Cessna 150G, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020/cases.md?model=2071816), [All aircraft, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02031020/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150G, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071816), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150G, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2071816), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150G, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2071816), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was planning to conduct a touch-and-go landing, and the airplane landed hard and bounced back into the air. The airplane then descended and impacted terrain nose first, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane's firewall, fuselage, empennage, and wings. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with an improper landing flare which resulted in a hard, bounced landing. ## Factual narrative On August 9, 2019, about 1830 central daylight time, a Cessna 150G, N8374J, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Cordell, Oklahoma. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to information obtained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector who responded to the accident, the pilot had just received his private pilot certificate for airplane single engine land earlier that day. The pilot performed a touch-and-go-landing to runway 22 at Cordell Municipal Airport (F36). A witness reported that the airplane touched down hard on the turf strip, and a spray of dirt was visible behind the airplane. The airplane bounced and went back into the air, changed to a nose low attitude, and impacted the ground nose first. The pilot did not recall the accident sequence when interviewed by the inspector. A postaccident examination of the airplane by the FAA inspector did not find any mechanical anomalies which would have precluded normal operations. Substantial damage was found to the firewall, fuselage, empennage, and wings. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N8374J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8374J-2021-06-05), registration cancelled 2021-06-05, S/N 15066274, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150 (G) - Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15066274 - Year built: 1967 - Airframe hours: 5189 - Engines: Continental O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: F36, Cordell, OK - Destination: F36, Cordell, OK - Airport: F36, Cordell Muni, runway 22, 1,886 × 100 ft ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 29; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review August 9, 2019; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 72 °F - Altimeter: 29.88 inHg - Observed at: KCSM, 12 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20190809016249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190809016249A), Aug 9, 2019: Cessna 150G, Cordell, OK, Destroyed. On August 09, 2019, pilot was operating N8374J, a Cessna 150G aircraft, doing touch and go's on grass strip located at Cordell, OK airport. At approximately… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 1, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100041. 180 KB in all. - Record of Conversation FAA Inspector (item 1, .PDF, 57 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485036&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF - Investigation Notes (item 2, .PDF, 52 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485037&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Investigation%20Notes-Master.PDF - Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 70 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40485038&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-Master.PDF 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. 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