- Date
- November 27, 1997, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Center Village, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11350Cessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19971127035819A
- Case key
- 28267
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot flew an approach about 8 to 10 mph faster than normal. The airplane bounced 75 feet high after the first touchdown, 30 feet high after the second touchdown, and then the nosegear collapsed. The student pilot had accumulated about 33 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model.
Factual narrative
On November 27, 1997, at 1145 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150L, N11350, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at the August Acres Airport, Center Village, Ohio. The student pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan was not filed. The solo instructional flight originated at Mount Vernon, Ohio, and was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The student pilot reported that during touchdown on runway 27, the airplane bounced three times. He said his approach speed was 8 to 10 mph above the normal speed. The airplane bounced 75 feet high after the first touchdown, 30 feet the second time, and then the nosegear collapsed.
A Federal Aviation Administration Inspector reported that the pilot had flown to August Acres to purchase fuel, and that the airplane touched down about halfway down the turf runway. The student pilot had accumulated over 33 hours of total flight experience, all in make and model. The pilot reported that there was no mechanical malfunction with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11350
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15075342
- Airframe hours
- 3,643
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George F Blakesley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1997 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- 4I3 · Mount Vernon, OH
- Destination
- 01I
- Airport
- 01I · August Acres, runway 27, 2,095 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 33 total · 33 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMH, 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.