# NTSB DFW07CA083: Cessna 150, N11341, Sand Springs, OK, March 10, 2007 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 10, 2007, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC) - Place: Sand Springs, OK - Coordinates: 36.175, -96.1516666666667 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-96.1517&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 29, 2007 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - NTSB case key (mKey): 65419 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW07CA083 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65419/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07CA083 ## Probable cause The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N11341-2013-09-16), registration cancelled 2013-09-16, S/N 15075337, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150 - Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15075337 - Airframe hours: 6645 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 72; injuries: none; 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) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20070310002669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070310002669A), Mar 10, 2007: Cessna 150L, Sand Springs, OK, Substantial damage. (-23) Airman was flying in the traffic pattern and was attempting his first landing. He flared too high and the aircraft landed hard, bouncing several times… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.