# NTSB SEA90LA143: Cessna 150, N8756G, Redmond, OR, July 24, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 24, 1990, 11:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place: Redmond, OR
- Location: 44.2541° N, 121.1500° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERTS FLD/REDMOND MUNI (RDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.2541&lon=-121.1500&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41247
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA90LA143
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41247/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA90LA143

## Probable cause

THE STUDENT PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - aborted
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THIS STUDENT PILOT'S INITIAL SOLO FLIGHT, SHE LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED. THE STUDENT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND, BUT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8756G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8756G-1995-03-13), registration cancelled 1995-03-13, S/N 15062856 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15062856
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Butler Aircraft
- Registered owner: Unknown
- Departed: RDM
- Airport: RDM, Roberts Field, runway 28, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; student; medical: class 3, unknown; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at: RDM

## 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 19900724028339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900724028339A), Jul 24, 1990: Cessna 150F, Redmond, OR, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing overcontrolled began go around wing struck ground, cartwheeled.

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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