# NTSB FTW92LA135: Cessna 150M, N704CJ, Stilwell, OK, May 15, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 15, 1992, 18:35 local (23:35 UTC)
- Place: Stilwell, OK
- Coordinates: 35.810012, -94.629447 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8100&lon=-94.6294&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 18497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW92LA135
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/18497/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92LA135

## Probable cause

THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN DURING THE FLARE/LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE PILOT MISJUDGED THE FLARE/LANDING.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose down, landing - flare/touchdown
  - maneuver - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING THE VFR LANDING FLARE/TOUCHDOWN THE STUDENT PILOT TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND BOUNCED TWO CONSECUTIVE TIMES BEFORE HE INADVERTENTLY PUSHED THE NOSE DOWN. WHEN THE NOSE GEAR IMPACTED THE GROUND, THE NOSE GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRPLANE AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704CJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704CJ-2006-10-11), registration cancelled 2006-10-11, S/N 15078502, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-78502
- Airframe hours: 4074
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Johnson, Richard Harold
- Registered owner: Johnson, Richard Harold
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 29, 1991, 130 hours before
- Departed: 44M, COOKSON, OK
- Destination: NONE, STILWELL, OK
- Airport: NONE, Private, runway 36, 1,700 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 93 total, 93 in this make and model, 44 as pilot in command, 9 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FSM, 20 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 19920515017289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920515017289A), May 15, 1992: Cessna 150M, Stilwell, OK, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on downwind landing. Forced nose down collapsing nose gear. Aircraft then flipped over.

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.

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