# NTSB MIA94LA151: Cessna 150H, N50021, Sugarloaf Key, FL, May 31, 1994

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1994, 17:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Sugarloaf Key, FL
- Location: 24.6426° N, 81.5115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sugarloaf Key, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.6426&lon=-81.5115&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 18, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37553
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA94LA151
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37553/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA151

## Probable cause

THE IMPROPER FLARE AND IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING BY THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND.

## 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)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO FLIGHT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  WHEN LANDING, THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED ONCE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Factual narrative

On May 31, 1994, about 1735 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150H, N50021, crashed while landing at the Sugarloaf Key Airport, Sugarloaf Key, Florida.  The aircraft was being operated as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional supervised solo flight.  Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight.  The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot reported no injuries.

The student pilot stated that he landed hard, bounced once and the nose gear collapsed.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50021](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50021-2013-03-19), registration cancelled 2013-03-19, S/N 15069016, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150H
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15069016
- Airframe hours: 2686
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Matut, Rachel
- Registered owner: Beau Joli Ciel, Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Special, Limited (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 12, 1994, 5 hours before
- Airport: 7X1, Sugarloaf, runway 10, 2,700 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; student; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 30 total, 30 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EYW, 11 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 19940531013129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940531013129A), May 31, 1994: Cessna 150H, Key West, FL, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised landing. Nose gear collapsed.

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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