# NTSB MIA85LA055: Cessna 150F, N8600S, Fort Myers, FL, December 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 9, 1984, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Fort Myers, FL
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31328
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85LA055
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31328/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85LA055

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - touch-and-go - attempted, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - separation (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - buckled (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON THE ACCIDENT LANDING THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE RT OF THE RWY AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SIDE ANGLE. THE PLT SAID THE ACFT BALLOONED AND HE APPLIED POWER TO GO AROUND BUT THOUGHT HE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER CONTROL SO HE PULLED OFF THE POWER TO LAND. AS THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE RT MAIN GEAR BROKE OFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8600S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061900
- Airframe hours: 3621
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harvey A. Clark
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 24, 1984
- Departed: FMY, FORT MYERS, FL
- Airport: FMY, Page Field, runway 5, 6,401 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 48; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 12,997 total, 12,189 as pilot in command, 149 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 55 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FMY

## 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 19841209067959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841209067959A), Dec 9, 1984: Cessna 150F, Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Drifted to right, ballooned after touchdown, tried go around, aborted go around, landed hard.

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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