# NTSB MIA06CA112: Cessna 150L, N7255G, Crystal River, FL, August 14, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: August 14, 2006, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC) - Place: Crystal River, FL - Coordinates: 28.867221, -82.571113 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8672&lon=-82.5711&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 31, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Tampa, Florida - NTSB case key (mKey): 63877 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA06CA112 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63877/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06CA112 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis According to the instructor, the winds were light and variable, and after having provided instruction and flown with the student to ensure his readiness, he took a hand-held radio and exited the airplane to supervise the student's first solo flight. The instructor further stated that the student made a good landing, but according to the student, a gust caused the airplane to float up high, and he ballooned. He said the airplane then settled onto the runway surface on the main landing gear and bounced again. According to the instructor, the student did not add power, and on the third bounce the nose of the airplane veered left, and the nose impacted the grass, which collapsed the landing gear and bent the propeller. According the the flight instructor, there were no preaccident anomalies with the airplane or any of its systems. ## Factual narrative On August 14, 2006, about 0945 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150L, N7255G, registered to, and operated by Crystal Aero Group, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, incurred damage during a bounced landing at Crystal River Airport, Crystal River, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Crystal River, the same day, about 0920. The flight instructor stated that he was supervising during the student pilot's first solo flight, and at the time of the flight the winds were light and variable. According to the instructor, after having provided instruction and flown with the student to ensure his readiness, he took a hand-held radio and exited the airplane to supervise the student's first solo flight. The instructor further stated that the student made a good landing, but according to the student, a gust caused the airplane to float up high, and he ballooned. He said the airplane then settled onto the runway surface on the main landing gear and bounced again. According to the instructor, the student did not add power, and on the third bounce the nose of the airplane veered left, and the nose impacted the grass, which collapsed the landing gear and bent the propeller. According the the flight instructor, there were no preaccident anomalies with the airplane or any of its systems. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N7255G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7255G-2007-06-21), registration cancelled 2007-06-21, S/N 15074627, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150L - Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15074627 - Airframe hours: 7015 - Engines: Teledyne Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Crystal Aero Group, Inc., - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility - Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 2006, 35 hours before - Departed: CGC, Crystal River, FL - Destination: CGC - Airport: CGC, Crystal River, runway 09, 4,555 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Student pilot; age 23; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3; seat: left; flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 30° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 30.05 inHg - Observed at: OCF ## 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 20060814017609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060814017609A), Aug 14, 2006: Cessna 150L, Crystal River, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On August 14, 2006, at 1345 local time, a Cessna 150, N7255G, registered to Crystal aero group inc., was landing at Crystal River Airport. Aa student… ## Other investigations on N7255G (1) 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. - [NTSB NYC78FNE11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNE11), Feb 25, 1978: Cessna 150 (N7255G), Shrewsbury, MA, substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.