# NTSB NYC93LA134: Cessna 150E, N3023J, Oxford, ME, June 30, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1993, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place: Oxford, ME
- Location: 44.1574° N, 70.4813° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OXFORD COUNTY RGNL (81B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1574&lon=-70.4813&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 13, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38617
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC93LA134
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38617/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC93LA134

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.  A factor was the pilot's lack of experience.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS COMING IN FOR HIS FIRST LANDING, ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO.  ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT,  HE FLARED TOO HIGH AND THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD. THE AIRPALNE BOUNCED TO THE LEFT, STRUCK A RUNWAY LIGHT, AND RETURNED TO THE RUNWAY WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP.

## Factual narrative

On Wednesday, June 30, 1993, at 1130 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150E, N3023J, owned and operated by Oxford Aviation, Inc., of Oxford, Maine, made a hard landing at Oxford County Regional Airport, Oxford.  The airplane received substantial damage and the pilot received minor injuries.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the flight operating under 14 CFR 91.

The student pilot had just completed one hour of dual instruction, was on his first supervised solo, and coming in for his first landing when the accident occurred.  In the NTSB Accident Report, the student pilot stated:

...flaps were 20 degrees.  I lined up well and the      approach appeared good.  As I came over the numbers I      began my flare and the next thing I knew there was a      heavy sink and I hit the runway hard.  At the time of      the impact the throttle was all the way out and I was      holding onto it.  On impact I bent the throttle      downward making it useless.  Next I felt the plane      balloon upward and nose high.  Then immediately there      was another hard impact, quickly followed by a third.       I could see I was bouncing to the left and just off the      side of the runway and the third bounce impacted a      runway light.  I then applied right rudder and right      aileron and managed to get the plane back to the center      of the runway and rolled out...I feel I flared too soon      and nose high....

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3023J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3023J-1995-07-13), registration cancelled 1995-07-13, S/N 15061123 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15061123
- Airframe hours: 6746
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Oxford Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 10, 1993, 48 hours before
- Departed: 81B
- Destination: ME
- Airport: 81B, Oxford Co. Regional, runway 33, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 20 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930630021319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930630021319A), Jun 30, 1993: Cessna 150E, Oxford, ME, Substantial damage. First solo first landing flared too high. Came down hard and bent the throttle. Bounced off and onto the runway.

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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