- Date
- January 14, 1989, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Shirley, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6888GCessna 150L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890114000619A
- Case key
- 36367
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Probable cause
A poorly planned final approach, an improper landing flare, and failure of the pilot to correct a bounced landing.
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.
Analysis
The plt reported that on his initial approach to rwy 33 at brookhaven airport he became low and slow. He stated that the airplane touched down hard, nose wheel first. The airplane then bounced. The plt said he added power to go around but the airplane stalled and bounced again. The plt closed the throttle and attempted to stop the pitch oscillations. The airplane sustained substantial damage and came to rest off the end of rwy in a nose down attitude. The plt reported that there were no airplane malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6888G
- Reported as
- Cessna 150L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15072388
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Sam Kaplan
- Registered owner
- Lou Lufker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4NY7 · E. Mariches, NY
- Destination
- HWV · Shirley, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- INI · Brookhaven, runway 33, 4,325 × 150 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 325 total · 16 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.