- Date
- January 11, 1993, 15:46 local (23:46 UTC)
- Place
- Torrance, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6019TCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930111000279A
- Case key
- 27906
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Probable cause
1) The pilot misjudging the airplane's landing flare, and 2) the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of total aircraft experience.
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 was practicing touch and go takeoffs and landings. In his written statement the pilot reported that he 'followed a standard approach technique and came to a flare point above the runway' and encountered a 'slight crosswind' as the right main wheel touched the runway. He also stated 'the plane floated a little at flare, it dipped and caught one wheel.' The airplane subsequently pitched forward causing the nose wheel to hit the ground. A ground witness reported that the aircraft nosed down very hard and the right wing simultaneously contacted the runway. The aircraft then 'veered hard left and flipped over.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6019T
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060719
- Airframe hours
- 4,850
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Cherry Aviation
- Registered owner
- Cherry Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · November 6, 1992 · 47 hours before
- Airport
- TOA · Torrance Muni, runway 29, 3,000 × 75 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16 total · 11 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TOA, 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.