- Date
- December 1, 1990, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Columbus, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N60026Cessna 150J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901201056629A
- Case key
- 36856
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors in the accident were: a downwind landing, and loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
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 airplane ws in the initial climb phase of a touch and go landing when the engine started to lose power. The pilot turned the airplane downwind and landed back at the airport. The winds were from the southwest at 8 to 10 knots. During touchdown the airplane landed hard and bounced. The pilot said, '...I then pushed the controls foreward to nose the aircraft into the ground so as to stop before hitting a building.' The nose gear collapsed and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60026
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15070013
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Johnson
- Airport
- 4I2 · Southwest, runway 26, 2,800 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 255 total · 255 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °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.
Other investigations on N60026 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.