# NTSB NYC06CA094: Cessna 150M, N704MT, Hazleton, PA, March 30, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 30, 2006, 13:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Hazleton, PA
- Coordinates: 40.986667, -75.995002
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9867&lon=-75.9950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 29, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Allentown, PA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63488
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA094
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63488/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA094

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, resulting in a hard landing.

## 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 student pilot stated that during a landing he was "hit" by a gust of wind during the "roundout" portion of the flare. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear, became airborne, and then touched down for a second time. He then observed that the compass had come off of the windshield. After parking the airplane he noticed that the nose wheel strut was angled towards the front of the airplane. A post accident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage and no evidence of preimpact malfunctions.

## Factual narrative

The student pilot stated that during a landing he was "hit" by a gust of wind during the "roundout" portion of the flare. The airplane touched down on the main landing gear, became airborne, and then touched down for a second time. He then observed that the compass had come off of the windshield. After parking the airplane he noticed that the nose wheel strut was angled towards the front of the airplane. A post accident examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage and no evidence of preimpact malfunctions.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N704MT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N704MT), registered now, S/N 15078726, 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: 15078726
- Airframe hours: 4857
- Engines: Continental O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Parlor City Flying Club
- Registered owner: Parlor City Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2006, 5 hours before
- Departed: N13, Bloomsburg, PA
- Destination: HZL, Hazleton, PA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 59; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; flight hours: 77 total, 50 in this make and model, 8 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.27 inHg
- Observed at: AVP, 24 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 20060330006169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060330006169A), Mar 30, 2006: Cessna 150M, Hazleton, PA, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] stated he was on a "short" cross country flight from the bloomsburg airport (N13) to the hazelton airport (hzl). He…

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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