- Date
- August 24, 1991, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tomball, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60544Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910824036609A
- Case key
- 23393
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Probable cause
An improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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 had successfully demonstrated five takeoffs and landings to his instructor. The instructor endorsed his logbook for the student to fly solo and left the airplane. The student departed the runway and flew around the traffic pattern. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced and the student lost control. He attempted to add power, but impacted into a lightly wooded area. An investigator found the flaps set at 30 degrees and the carburetor heat on full. No mechanical failure was found or reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60544
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070388
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph R. Mock, doing business as Wings Of Houston
- Registered owner
- Joseph R. Mock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 6, 1991 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- DWH · Spring, TX
- Airport
- 2XS3 · May, runway 17, 3,440 × 50 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
- 23
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15 total · 14 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °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 N60544 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.