- Date
- July 18, 1988, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Massena, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N704HTCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880718027749A
- Case key
- 36174
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot on a crosscountry flight to Massena, new york stated that during the landing approach he felt that he was too low and when he tried to correct, the aircraft bounced. On the second touchdown the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft slid off the left side of the runway incurring substantial damage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704HT
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078630
- Airframe hours
- 3,572
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gasser Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 12, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- SLK · Adirondack, NY
- Destination
- MSS · Massena, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MSS · Massena Int'L, runway 23, 5,001 × 100 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18 total · 18 in this make and model · 18 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.