- Date
- September 10, 1986, 12:47 local (20:47 UTC)
- Place
- Modesto, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N112LNCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860910045889A
- Case key
- 25253
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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
At the end of one leg of a solo cross-country flight the student pilot experienced a hard landing which resulted in a porpoise on the rwy. The pilot did not realize the severity of the initial bounce and tried to re-flare the aircraft without adding power. The aircraft bounced a second time and on the third bounce the nose gear collapsed. The pilot reported that during the approach she was distracted with the thought of where she would park so the aircraft could be re-fueled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N112LN
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073504
- Airframe hours
- 7,739
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A48, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Susan Fry
- Registered owner
- Siegel Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 27, 1986 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- HWD · Hayward, CA
- Destination
- MOD · Modesto, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MOD · Modesto, runway 28, 3,459 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 59 total · 30 in this make and model · 14 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOD
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.