- Date
- April 14, 1998, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesboro, TN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704HLCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1998
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980414010469A
- Case key
- 38497
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
During landing flare the aircraft porpoised and landed hard on the nose landing gear causing it to collapse.
Factual narrative
On April 14, 1998, about 1315 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N704HL, registered to an individual, was damaged during a hard landing at Jackson County Airport, Gainesboro, Tennessee, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the student-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Livingston, Tennessee, the same day, about 1200.
The pilot stated that during landing flare for a touch-and-go landing the aircraft porpoised. The aircraft then landed hard on the nose landing gear, causing it to collapse and the propeller to strike the runway. The aircraft then slid to a stop on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704HL
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078623
- Airframe hours
- 2,526
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jerry D. Lynn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 30, 1998 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 8A3 · Livingston, TN
- Airport
- 1A7 · Jackson County, runway 18, 3,500 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Age
- 58
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 4 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 52 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.
Other investigations on N704HL · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.