# NTSB GAA17CA455: Cessna 150, N6368K, McKinney, TX, July 28, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 28, 2017, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: McKinney, TX
- Coordinates: 33.18111, -96.588607 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1811&lon=-96.5886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 2017
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95713
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA17CA455
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95713/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95713
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA455

## Probable cause

The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in bounced landing and the collapse of the nose landing gear.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed 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)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Cessna 150M, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=2071830), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The student pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. She added that, upon the second touchdown, the airplane landed on the nose landing gear, and it collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot reported that, during landing, the airplane bounced. She added that, upon the second touchdown, the airplane landed on the nose landing gear and it collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6368K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6368K-2020-08-02), registration cancelled 2020-08-02, S/N 15077669, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (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: 15077669
- Year built: 1975
- Engines: CONT MOTOR O-200 SERIES 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: TKI, McKinney, TX
- Destination: TKI, McKinney, TX
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: TKI, Mckinney National, runway 18, 7,002 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 16; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 81 total, 61 in this make and model, 9.6 as pilot in command, 9.1 in the last 90 days, 4.1 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 97 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 29.87 inHg
- Observed at: KTKI, 1 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 20170728010139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170728010139A), Jul 28, 2017: Cessna 150M, Mckinney, TX, Substantial damage. The student pilot, lone occupant, was practicing touch and go?s on runway 18. The aircraft bounced on landing. The nose pitched up and down and the aircraft…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 19, 2017, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=95713. 3.8 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40456322&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Memorandum for Record – Telephone Interview, Pilot (item 2, .PDF, 68 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40456323&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record%20%E2%80%93%20Telephone%20Interview,%20Pilot-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 515 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40456324&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-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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