# NTSB MIA95LA096: Cessna 150K, N6055G, Hattiesburg, MS, March 18, 1995

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1995, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Hattiesburg, MS
- Coordinates: 31.309658, -89.300117 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3097&lon=-89.3001&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1995
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 37745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA95LA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/37745/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95LA096

## Probable cause

THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO PERFORM A RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSING OF THE NOSE GEAR.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - recovery from bounced landing - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PERFORMING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 31.  ON HIS THIRD LANDING, HE ENCOUNTERED A GUST OF WIND, AND THE AIRPLANE BALLOONED. THE NOSE DROPPED SUDDENLY, AND THE NOSEWHEEL STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED, WENT INTO A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE, HIT THE RUNWAY WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND BOUNCED AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE, COLLAPSING THE NOSEGEAR.

## Factual narrative

On March 18, 1995, about 1200 central standard time, a Cessna 150K, N6055G, registered to Southeast Aviation, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, experienced a hard landing at the Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The student pilot was not injured. The flight originated about 35 minutes before the accident.

The pilot stated he was making touch-and-go landings to runway 31. On his third landing he encountered a gust of wind, and the airplane became airborne. The nose dropped suddenly and  the nosegear struck the runway. The airplane bounced back into the air in a tail low attitude, collided with the runway on the main landing  gear, bounced, collided with the runway in a nose- down attitude, and collapsed the nosegear.

Review of weather information obtained from the FAA, for the time period of the accident, revealed no recorded record of turbulence, downdrafts, gusts, or windshear.

The accident was reported to the NTSB by Southeast Aviation on March 29, 1995.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6055G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6055G), registered now, S/N 15071555, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150K
- 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: 15071555
- Airframe hours: 2885
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Southeast Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 15, 1995, 45 hours before
- Airport: HBG, Bobby L. Chain Municipal, runway 31, 6,219 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 13 total, 13 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,700 ft overcast
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIB, 14 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 19950318006519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950318006519A), Mar 18, 1995: Cessna 150K, Hattiesburg, MS, Substantial damage. Bounced landing. Dropped on mains bounced came back down nose first. Collapsed nose gear.

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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