- Date
- March 10, 2007, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Sand Springs, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11341Cessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- FAA report
- 20070310002669A
- Case key
- 65419
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The 2,000-hour private pilot landed hard and lost control of the single-engine airplane while landing on a 5,800-feet long by 100-feet wide asphalt runway. The pilot reported that he planned a local flight and elected to return to the airport after he climbed to approximately 1,000 feet above the ground. The pilot reported that prior to his departure, he noticed that the left seat would not slide forward, thus he was unable to adjust the seat. During the landing, the airplane's nose gear tire touched down first and the airplane bounced once before the nose gear impacted the ground a second time and collapsed. The airplane came to rest in the upright position on the left side of the runway. The engine firewall was buckled and the left wing tip was damaged. The pilot's medical certificate was denied in September 2006 due to heart problems. At 1753, a weather reporting station located 10 miles east from the accident site, was reporting wind from 090 degrees at 9 knots and 10 statute miles visibility.
Factual narrative
The 2,000-hour private pilot landed hard and lost control of the single-engine airplane while landing on a 5,800-feet long by 100-feet wide asphalt runway. The 72-year old pilot reported that he planned a local flight and elected to return to the airport after he climbed to approximately 1,000 feet above the ground. The pilot reported that prior his departure, he noticed that the left seat would not slide forward, thus he was unable to adjust the seat. During the landing, the airplane's nose gear tire touched down first and the airplane bounced once before the nose gear impacted the ground a second time and collapsed. The airplane came to rest in the upright position on the left side of the runway. The engine firewall was buckled and the left wing tip was also damaged. The pilot's medical certificate was denied in September 2006 due to heart problems. The pilot also told the NTSB investigator and the FAA inspector that "I know I shouldn't have flown that plane. I know it was wrong." At 1753, a weather reporting station located 10 miles east from the accident site, was reporting wind from 090 degrees at 9 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies, temperature 63 degrees Fahrenheit, dew point 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and a barometric pressure setting of 30.11 inches of Mercury.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11341
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075337
- Airframe hours
- 6,645
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert R. Willoughby
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- OF8 · Sand Springs, OK
- Destination
- OF8 · Sand Springs, OK
- Airport
- 0F8 · William R. Pogue Municipal Air, runway 17, 5,800 × 100 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
- 72
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Last flight review
- July 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 200 in this make and model · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.11 inHg
- Observed at
- TUL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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