- Date
- April 18, 2015, 16:46 local (20:46 UTC)
- Place
- Slate Hill, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9299UCessna 150M
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 2015
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA Teterboro FSDO
- FAA report
- 20150418004779A
- Case key
- 91062
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate descent rate, resulting in a hard landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he came in too high during landing, flared the airplane, and bounced. The pilot attempted to control the bounce by adding power, subsequently the airplane landed hard, the nose wheel collapsed, and the left wing struck the ground resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
The pilot reported that he came in too high during landing, flared the airplane, and bounced. The pilot attempted to control the bounce by adding power, subsequently the airplane landed hard, the nose wheel collapsed, and the left wing struck the ground resulting in substantial damage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9299U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M (M)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078249
- Built
- 1976
- Airframe hours
- 4,614.2
- Engine
- Continental TMC O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schilling William S
- Registered owner
- Schilling William S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 2014
- Departed
- 50PA · Stroudsburg, PA
- Destination
- NK79 · Slate Hill, NY
- Airport
- NK79 · Lewis Landing, runway 26, 2,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 17, 2014
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 173 total · 7 in this make and model · 12 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KFWN, 13 nm away
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2015, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.