# NTSB NYC82DA234: Cessna 150D, N4149U, Hyannis, MA, September 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 25, 1982, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Hyannis, MA
- Location: 41.6693° N, 70.2804° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAPE COD GATEWAY (HYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6693&lon=-70.2804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC82DA234
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82DA234

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - runway
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT SHE WAS CLEARED FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 24. SHE STATED THAT AS SHE TURNED ONTO FINAL, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH, AN ADDITIONAL NOTCH OF FLAPS WAS ADDED. THE DESCENT TO THE RUNWAY WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 90 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY AND BOUNCED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, WITH THE AILERONS, AND RUDDER CONTROL, THE RIGHT WING DIPPED. THE PILOT INSTINCTIVELY PUSHED THE CONTROL YOKE FORWARD TO LAND THEAIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4149U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4149U), registered now, S/N 15060149 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150D
- Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15060149
- Airframe hours: 3729
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: John Stephenson
- Registered owner: John Stephenson
- Departed: LCI, LACONIA, NH
- Destination: PNC, PONCA CITY, OK
- Airport: HYA, Hyannis, runway 24, 5,567 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 45 total, 43 in this make and model, 15 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19820925066159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820925066159I), Sep 25, 1982: Cessna 150D, Hyannis, MA, Minor damage. Bounced landing. Improper control input caused airplane to land on nose wheel, collapsing nose gear.

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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