# NTSB FTW98LA403: Cessna 150M, N6107K, Yukon, OK, September 20, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1998, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Yukon, OK
- Location: 35.5184° N, 97.7662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yukon, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5184&lon=-97.7662&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 43965
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW98LA403
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/43965/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA403

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing and her improper recovery procedures for a bounced landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

The aircraft porpoised after a hard landing on the student pilot's third solo training flight.  The student pilot indicated that she flared too early causing the aircraft to land hard and bounce.  The pilot then lowered the nose and the aircraft touched down a second time on the nose gear which collapsed.

## Factual narrative

On September 20, 1998, at 1445 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M airplane, N6107K, owned and operated by a private individual, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the Clarence E. Page Municipal Airport near Yukon, Oklahoma.  The student pilot was on her third solo training flight and was not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a flight plan was not filed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 training flight which originated from the Wiley Post Airport near Bethany, Oklahoma, at 1330.

The student pilot reported that she had been practicing touch and go landings to runway 17R.  On the fourth landing, she thought she "flared too early resulting in a hard landing."  The aircraft bounced after the initial touchdown and the student pilot lowered the nose and touched down a second time on the nose gear which collapsed.

Examination of the aircraft by the FAA inspector revealed the nose gear, firewall, propeller and lower fuselage were damaged.  The student pilot had accumulated 32 hours flight time of which 31 hours were in the same make and model of aircraft.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6107K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6107K-2013-08-23), registration cancelled 2013-08-23, S/N 15077529, built 1975 (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: 15077529
- Airframe hours: 6520
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: W.L. Frank
- Registered owner: Gregg Frank A/C Leasing Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, September 1, 1998, 34 hours before
- Departed: PWA, BETHANY, OK
- Destination: F29
- Airport: F29, Clarence E. Page Muni, runway 17R, 6,013 × 100 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 32 total, 31 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 13 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F

## 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 19980920040799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980920040799A), Sep 20, 1998: Cessna 150M, Oklahoma City, OK, Substantial damage. (.4) On September 20, 1998, at 1445 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M airplane, N6107K, owned and operated by a private individual, was substantially…

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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