- Date
- December 16, 1988, 10:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- Naples, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8484UCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32325
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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.
Hard landing
Flare - improperCause
Go-around - not performedCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Analysis
Tower personnel observed the acft on a high fast final apch. They stated that it appeared the acft was forced on the rwy, where it hit on the nosewheel & bounced back into the air. On the 2nd contact with the rwy, the nosewheel fork split & the nosewheel separated from the acft. The 19 yr old student plt stated that surface winds at the arpt were a factor in the accident. Surface wind was measured as calm at the arpt at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8484U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078432
- Airframe hours
- 8,091
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Tursair, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tursair, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 18, 1988 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- OPF · Opa Locka, FL
- Destination
- APF · Naples, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- APF · Naples, runway 4, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 29 total · 29 in this make and model · 5 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- APF