- Date
- July 7, 1985, 11:27 local (16:27 UTC)
- Place
- Killeen, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5321QCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850707030159A
- Case key
- 21794
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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 failed to properly flare the aircraft and touched down hard on the nose gear. This caused the aircraft to start porpoising from which recovery was not made. Aircraft continued to bounce until the nose gear collapsed. It then slid to a stop, resting on the nose section and the main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5321Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073221
- Airframe hours
- 2,042
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cardinal Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Airport
- ILE · Killeen Muni, runway 19, 5,000 × 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5321Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.