# NTSB NYC85LA028: Cessna 150G, N3210J, Westerly, RI, November 15, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 15, 1984, 15:50 local (20:50 UTC)
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35649
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC85LA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35649/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85LA028

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3210J-2018-01-18), registration cancelled 2018-01-18, S/N 15065910, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15065910
- Airframe hours: 3588
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19841115063189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841115063189A), Nov 15, 1984: Cessna 150G, Westerly, RI, Substantial damage. The aircraft was damaged during a porpoised landing. The student pilot was landing in gusty wind conditions

## Other investigations on N3210J (1)

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.

- [NTSB NYC88LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA077), Feb 6, 1988: Cessna 150 (N3210J), Westerly, RI, substantial damage

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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