- Date
- April 16, 1974
- Place
- Laporte City, IA · LAPORTE CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16166Cessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740416008589A
- Case key
- 186409
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0748 74/4/16 LAPORTE CITY,IOWA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 20, 23 TOTAL TIME - 1555 N16166 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NICHOLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAPORTE CITY,IOWA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- STRUCK TURF RWY WITH NOSE GR AND L MAIN GR BOUNCED TWO TIMES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16166
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Nichols
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.