# NTSB MIA92LA091: Cessna 150K, N40SA, Gainesville, FL, March 4, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1992, 12:16 local (17:16 UTC)
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Coordinates: 29.670476, -82.330856 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6705&lon=-82.3309&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 11, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33071
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA92LA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33071/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA091

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER IN FLIGHT DECISION BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO LAND WITH AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT AND AIRSPEED. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING WHICH RESULTED IN AN ON GROUND LOSS OF CONTROL (PORPOISE OF THE AIRPLANE), COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AND SUBSEQUENT NOSE OVER OF THE AIRPLANE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper descent rate - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - porpoise/pilot-induced oscillation - inadvertent, pilot in command
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - terrain condition - berm
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A VFR SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT THAT HE CONDUCTED A TIGHT APPROACH TO THE LANDING RUNWAY. THE APPROACH WAS STEEP AND FAST. ON TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED AND PORPOISED TWO TIMES ON THE NOSE WHEEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT STATED, 'I LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, NOSED OVER, AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: N40SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071448
- Airframe hours: 5645
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 90 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Crystal Aero Group Inc.
- Registered owner: Crystal Aero Group Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 4, 1992, 23 hours before
- Departed: X-31, CRYSTAL RIVER, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: GNV, Gainesville Regional, runway 24, 4,147 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 63 total, 30 in this make and model, 11 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: GNV, 1 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 19920304005049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920304005049A), Mar 4, 1992: Cessna 150K, Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Lost control. Ran off runway and nosed over.

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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