# NTSB SEA92LA069: Cessna 150J, N60850, Tumwater, WA, April 8, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1992, 14:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place: Tumwater, WA
- Coordinates: 47.100307, -123.059555 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1003&lon=-123.0596&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 41650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA92LA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/41650/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA92LA069

## Probable cause

THE (STUDENT) PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING.  FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE EXCESSIVE AIRSPEED AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO AND HAD JUST COMPLETED 2 SUCCESSFUL TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT THE OLYMPIA AIRPORT (OLM). ON THE THIRD APPROACH SHE WAS REPORTEDLY FAST (80MPH) AND THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONED FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN.  UPON THE SECOND TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR GAVE WAY AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON RWY 35.  THE PILOT HAS ACCRUED A TOTAL OF 17 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME ALL OF WHICH WAS INSTRUCTIONAL AND LOGGED WITHIN THE 30 DAYS PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N60850](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60850-1993-07-29), registration cancelled 1993-07-29, S/N 15070618 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150-70618
- Airframe hours: 4580
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Tumwater Flight Service
- Registered owner: Cool Air Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 3, 1992, 9 hours before
- Airport: OLM, Olympia, runway 35, 5,419 × 150 ft, macadam

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; student; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days, 17 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19920408009239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920408009239A), Apr 8, 1992: Cessna 150J, Olympia, WA, Destroyed. Bounced landing,came down hard nose first collapsing the nose gear. Fire erupted destroying aircraft.

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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