- Date
- March 8, 1994, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N714MJCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19940308004319A
- Case key
- 37506
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Probable cause
The failure of the student pilot to properly recover from a bounced landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot was returning from a solo flight and attempting to land. The airplane ballooned two times before landing on the nose gear, causing it to collapse.
Factual narrative
On March 8, 1994, about 1130 eastern standard time, N714MJ, a Cessna 150M, experienced a nose gear collapse, on landing at Vero Beach, Florida, New Hibiscus Airport while on a 14 CFR Part 91 solo instructional flight. The airplane is registered to and operated by Citrus Grove Aviation Inc. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged and the student pilot reported no injuries. The flight had originated from the same airport about 5 minutes earlier.
The instructor pilot cleared the student pilot for a local solo flight and observed the airplane land hard on the first landing attempt. The airplane ballooned and landed on the nose gear, which collapsed, and the airplane veered off the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N714MJ
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15079279
- Airframe hours
- 4,636
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Citrus Grove Aviation Inc.
- Registered owner
- Citrus Grove Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 24, 1994 · 61 hours before
- Airport
- X-52 · New Hibiscus
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 55 total · 53 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Observed at
- VRB, 8 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.