- Date
- November 15, 1984, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place
- Westerly, RI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3210JCessna 150G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841115063189A
- Case key
- 35649
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Hard landing
Touch-and-go - initiated
Flare - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
Analysis
While practicing a landing, the acft bounced & touched down hard on the nosewheel. The nose gear collapsed & the right wing & prop were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3210J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15065910
- Airframe hours
- 3,588
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snoopy'S Group, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 15, 1984 · 64 hours before
- Airport
- WST · Westerly State, runway 25, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
N3210JRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 2018 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 16 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3210J · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.