# NTSB MIA96LA196: Cessna 150M, N704WM, Knightdale, NC, July 28, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 28, 1996, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Knightdale, NC
- Coordinates: 35.790924, -78.479316 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7909&lon=-78.4793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1997
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38060
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA96LA196
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38060/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA196

## Probable cause

the student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing by applying power and slight nose up elevator input.

## 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 - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The accident occurred during the student pilot's second solo flight.  He stated that he had performed 3 full stop landings and departed for the fourth.  He initiated a flare to land about 20 feet above the runway then pushed on the elevator control.  The airplane then landed on the nose landing gear and began to porpoise.  The pilot applied aft elevator input but he did not apply power.  He landed the airplane and taxied it off the runway.  Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed a wrinkle in the left fuselage skin aft of the firewall.

## Factual narrative

On July 28, 1996, about 1315 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N704WM, privately registered, experienced a loss of control while landing at the Raleigh East Airport, Knightdale, North Carolina.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight.  The student pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured.  The flight originated from the Raleigh East Airport about 35 minutes earlier.

The student pilot stated that the flight was his second solo flight and before the accident he had performed three full stop landings.  During the fourth full stop landing attempt he flared to land when the flight was 20 feet above the runway.  He then pushed on the elevator control and the airplane was landed nose landing gear first then began to porpoise.  The student pilot stated that he did not apply power and pulled elevator control input while the airplane was porpoising.  He landed the airplane and taxied it off the runway.  Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed a wrinkle in the left side of the fuselage aft of the firewall.  Also, the nose landing gear tire was deflated.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704WM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704WM-2011-12-28), registration cancelled 2011-12-28, S/N 15078932, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078932
- Airframe hours: 4800
- Engines: Continental O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Raleigh East Aviation
- Registered owner: Casey P. Sloan
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 15, 1996, 10 hours before
- Departed: W17
- Airport: W17, Raleigh East, runway 19, 3,000 × 36 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 22 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 20 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 130° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDU, 17 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 19960728020169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960728020169A), Jul 28, 1996: Cessna 150M, Knightdale, NC, Substantial damage. Second solo flated high landed nose first. Porpoised. No recovery attempt. Buckled fuselage and blew nose tire.

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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