# NTSB GAA15CA044: Cessna 150M, N9299U, Slate Hill, NY, April 18, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 18, 2015, 16:46 local (20:46 UTC)
- Place: Slate Hill, NY
- Coordinates: 41.406944, -74.532218 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4069&lon=-74.5322&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 8, 2015
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA Teterboro FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA15CA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91062/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91062
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA044

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate descent rate, resulting in a hard landing.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 18 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 39 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9299U-2018-04-18), registration cancelled 2018-04-18, S/N 15078249, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M (M)
- 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: 15078249
- Year built: 1976
- Airframe hours: 4614.2
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; injuries: none; 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

## 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 20150418004779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150418004779A), Apr 18, 2015: Cessna 150M, Middletown, NY, Substantial damage. On 04/18/15 at approximately 1650 local time, N9299U, a Cessna 150M, was attempting to land on runway 26 at the lewis landing airport(NK79). The aircraft had a…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 29, 2015, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=91062. 7.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 2.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428548&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Record of Conversation - Pilot (item 2, .PDF, 67 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428549&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20-%20Pilot-Master.PDF
- Photo 1 - Left Wing Front (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428550&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20-%20Left%20Wing%20Front%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 - Left Wing Rear (Photo Courtesy of FAA) (item 4, .PDF, 2.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40428551&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%20-%20Left%20Wing%20Rear%20(Photo%20Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF

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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