Cessna 150L N11951

Summary

On 11 October 1998 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N11951, operated by American Aerodyne Services, was involved in an accident near Clinton, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

11 October 1998 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Clinton, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Washington Executive/Hyde (W32)

Coordinates

38.8308, -76.9203

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N11951

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

American Aerodyne Services

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

IAD99LA009

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper flare and improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on his second supervised solo flight. The flight instructor was positioned at the end of the runway with a handheld radio. He stated that the student pilot had completed eight landings and this landing was to a full stop. The student pilot reported that everything was the same as the previous landings until the airplane 'experienced an updraft.' The airplane ballooned up and when it came down, it bounced back into the air. The student pilot stated that he 'pushed down nose to correct for lifting,' and could not recover. The nose wheel struck the runway, collapsing the nose gear. The airplane slid into the grass infield and came to rest in an upright position. No mechanical problems were found with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.