- Date
- August 14, 1996, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbia, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10645Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960814029919A
- Case key
- 10362
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Probable cause
the improper recovery from a bounced landing by the pilot in command. Factors were the gusty wind conditions, and the failure of the pilot to maintain aircraft control.
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 reported that this was the second approach for landing. The pilot reported the airspeed was excessive on final approach, and extended full flaps. After full flaps were extended the airplane stalled, and bounced on the runway. The pilot reported that after the bounced landing she put the nose of the airplane down, causing the airplane to hit nose wheel first on the runway.
Factual narrative
On August 14, 1996, at 1400 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna 150, N10645, sustained substantial damage during a hard landing on runway 31, at the Columbia Regional Airport, Columbia, Missouri. The student pilot was returning from a solo cross country flight, at the time of the accident. The pilot was uninjured in the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions, and a VFR flight plan had been filed for the flight.
The pilot reported on NTSB Form 6120.1/2 that she had aborted the first landing, and this was the second approach for landing. She reported that the airplane was on short final, with 20 degrees of flaps, at 80 knots. She reported the airspeed was excessive, and as the airplane came over the runway full flaps were extended. The pilot reported that after full flaps were extended the airplane stalled, and bounced on the runway. After the bounced landing she put the nose of the airplane down causing the airplane to hit nose wheel first on the runway. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions with the airplane or the engine.
The airplane's nose gear, engine mount, firewall and propeller were all bent in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10645
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15074943
- Airframe hours
- 5,342
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Central Missouri Aviation Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 1996 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- STJ · St. Joesph, MO
- Destination
- COU
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- COU · Columbia Regional, runway 31, 4,401 × 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
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 49 total · 49 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots, gusting 19
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KCO
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.