- Date
- June 8, 1982, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Perkasie, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3670VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820608021119A
- Case key
- 72197
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a local flight, the student pilot elected to proceed to Perkasie, PA to practice landings. The pilot reported that when he flared for a landing, he brought the nose up too high and then overcompensated. When he lowered the nose, the aircraft touched down hard and then bounced. The student elected not to go around, and subsequently, the plane touched down hard again and the propeller struck the runway. Damage was reported to the nosewheel, the firewall, and an engine mount.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3670V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076581
- Airframe hours
- 3,936
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Willow Grove Flying Club
- Registered owner
- Willow Grove Flying Club
- Departed
- Willow Grove, PA
- Destination
- Willow Grove, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- N70 · Pennridge, runway 26, 4,000 × 60 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 38 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 4 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.