- Date
- May 20, 1999, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buhl, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3834VCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990520044669A
- Case key
- 47706
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Probable cause
An inadequate recovery from a bounced landing. Gusting wind conditions were a factor.
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 pilot reported that during the flare for the touch-and-go landing, the airplane was suddenly pushed to the left. The aircraft then landed hard and bounced. The pilot pulled back on the control yoke and the aircraft touched down hard on the nose gear which subsequently collapsed. The pilot was landing on runway 27. The wind was from the southwest at five knots, gusting to 20 knots.
Factual narrative
On May 20, 1999, at 1000 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N3834V, registered to and operated by Indian Airways Flying Club as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, was substantially damaged during a hard landing at Buhl Municipal airport, Buhl, Idaho. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured. The flight originated in Buhl at 0745.
In a written statement, the pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. The first landing was uneventful. During the flare for the second landing, the airplane was suddenly pushed to the left. The pilot reported that the airplane then touched down hard on the main landing gear and bounced. The pilot pulled back on the control yoke and the airplane touched down again on the nose gear which subsequently collapsed.
The pilot reported that the wind was from about 220 degrees at five knots, with gusts to 20 knots. The landing was made on runway 27.
At the time of the accident, neither the pilot nor the flying club reported the accident. During a ramp check at the airport by a Federal Aviation Administration Inspector from the Boise, Idaho, Flight Standards District Office, the damaged aircraft was noticed. The accident was reported to the NTSB, by the FAA, on November 4, 1999.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3834V
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15076634
- Airframe hours
- 4,469
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Indian Airways Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 23, 1999
- Departed
- U03
- Airport
- U03 · Buhl Municipal, runway 27, 3,900 × 60 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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 155 in this make and model · 359 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.