# NTSB MIA98LA132: Cessna 150M, N704HL, Gainesboro, TN, April 14, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 14, 1998, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: Gainesboro, TN
- Coordinates: 36.360191, -85.649757 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3602&lon=-85.6498&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1998
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38497/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA132

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper flare during landing.

## 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

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704HL-1999-08-26), registration cancelled 1999-08-26, S/N 15078623 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15078623
- Airframe hours: 2526
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19980414010469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980414010469A), Apr 14, 1998: Cessna 150M, Gainsboro, TN, Substantial damage. Porpoised on landing. Collapsed nose gear. Prop hit runway. (.4)during landing flare the aircraft porpoised and landed hard on the nose landing gear causing it…

## Other investigations on N704HL (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW78DPD30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPD30), Sep 1, 1978: Cessna 150M (N704HL), Lake Dallas, TX, substantial damage

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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