# NTSB MIA83LA162: Cessna 150K, N5917G, Boynton Bch., FL, June 5, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 5, 1983, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place: Boynton Bch., FL
- Coordinates: 26.529306, -80.059738 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5293&lon=-80.0597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30899
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA162
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30899/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA162

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS INVOLVED IN A HARD LANDING, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR, FOLLOWED BY A NOSE OVER. THE PILOT STATED HE ADDED POWER WHICH MADE THE NOSE COLLAPSE A LITTLE SLOWER. THE ACFT NOSED OVER ABOUT 400 FEET FROM TOUCHDOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5917G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5917G-1984-01-03), registration cancelled 1984-01-03, S/N 15071417 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071417
- Airframe hours: 5328
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Pompano Senior Squadron
- Registered owner: Larry G. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 27, 1983, 10 hours before
- Departed: PMP, POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Airport: 1X4, Willis, runway 9, 3,600 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 269 total, 59 in this make and model, 246 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 30,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PBI, 10 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 19830605031249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830605031249A), Jun 5, 1983: Cessna 150K, Boynton Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Nose wheel collapsed and airplane flipped over on the runway when pilot landed hard on the nosewheel.

## Other investigations on N5917G (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 NYC70DHA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC70DHA01), Jan 15, 1970: Cessna 150 (N5917G), Perkasie, PA, 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.

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