# NTSB MIA99LA021: Cessna 150F, N6679F, Winter Haven, FL, October 31, 1998 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: October 31, 1998, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC) - Place: Winter Haven, FL - Coordinates: 28.03911, -81.719131 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0391&lon=-81.7191&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 15, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 45174 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA99LA021 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/45174/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA021 ## Probable cause The student pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and ground loop. ## 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) - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown - directional control - not possible, pilot in command - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent ## Analysis The student pilot was performing the second landing of his first supervised solo flight. During landing he flared high and the aircraft landed hard. The aircraft bounced into the air, landed hard again, and then ground looped. ## Factual narrative On October 31, 1998, about 1115 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150F, N6679F, registered to Tom McGee Aircraft, Inc., crashed during landing at Gilbert Field, Winter Haven, Florida, 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 Winter Haven, Florida, the same day, about 1100. The pilot stated he was performing his first solo flight under the supervision of his flight instructor. He had performed one landing and was making his second landing. As he flared for landing the aircraft ballooned and floated. The left wing then dropped and the aircraft descended and impacted the runway on the left main landing gear. The aircraft then bounced and impacted the runway with the left wing and left main landing gear. The aircraft then spun around and came to rest. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N6679F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6679F-2015-05-15), registration cancelled 2015-05-15, S/N 15063279, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Cessna 150F - Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15063279 - Airframe hours: 5403 - Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Tom Mcgee Aircraft, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, September 9, 1998, 95 hours before - Departed: GIF - Airport: GIF, Winter Haven Municipal, runway 4, 5,006 × 100 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 53; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 28 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: variable at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 48 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: GIF, 1 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 19981031031059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031031059A), Oct 31, 1998: Cessna 150F, Winter Haven, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot lost directional control and ground looped aircraft.(-23) 2nd solo landing, ground looped. Pilot stated that he came in for landing, had the runway made.… ## Other investigations on N6679F (3) 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 ATL97LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA040), Feb 9, 1997: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Winter Haven, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadvertent movement of the mixture control to idle cut-off during the approach to land, which resulted in engine shut-down, and the student's failure to follow emergency… - [NTSB MIA96LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA96LA104), Mar 24, 1996: Cessna 150F (N6679F), Ocala, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind during the landing flare. - [NTSB MIA72DLG31](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72DLG31), Mar 15, 1972: Cessna 150 (N6679F), Pelzer, SC, 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.