# NTSB MIA89LA197: Cessna 150, N5814G, Deland, FL, July 12, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 12, 1989, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Deland, FL
- Coordinates: 29.049577, -81.309844 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0496&lon=-81.3098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32460
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA89LA197
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32460/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA197

## Probable cause

IMPROPER FLARE BY THE PILOT AND HIS 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
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

ON THE STUDENT PLT'S FIRST TOUCH-&-GO LANDING ON THIS FLT, THE ACFT BOUNCED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE STUDENT ADDED POWER, BUT THE ACFT SETTLED, TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR & THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5814G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5814G), registered now, S/N 15071314, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (registry code 2071822) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071314
- Airframe hours: 2728
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Lee, Robert M.
- Registered owner: Lee, Robert M
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1989, 20 hours before
- Airport: 1J6, Bob White, runway 27, 3,300 × 72 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 5 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 23 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 19890712025859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890712025859A), Jul 12, 1989: Cessna 150K, Deland, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced,stalled and came down on the nose gear collapsing it.

## Other investigations on N5814G (2)

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 MIA74DLD98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DLD98), Jun 13, 1974: Cessna 150K (N5814G), Merritt Isl, FL, substantial damage
- [NTSB MIA73DLA28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA28), Feb 21, 1973: Cessna 150 (N5814G), High Springs, FL, 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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