Cessna 150L N10964

Summary

On 8 May 2006 at about 15:40 local time, a Cessna 150L registered N10964 was involved in an accident near Levelland, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 May 2006 at 15:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Levelland, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150L

Registration

N10964

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Levelland → Levelland

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA120

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot's misjudged landing flare and his 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 23-hour student pilot was flying his second solo flight in a tricycle gear single-engine airplane. During the second solo landing of the day, while landing on runway 17, a 6,100-foot long by 75-foot wide asphalt runway, the student pilot misjudged the landing flare and the airplane bounced. The student pilot added that during the recovery from a bounced landing, he inadvertently pushed the yoke forward into a nose-low attitude. The nose landing gear impacted the runway and separated from the airframe. The airplane skidded down runway 17 and subsequently nosed over after departing the edge of the runway. The airplane came to rest in the inverted position in the grass. There was no fire and the pilot was able to egress from the airplane unassisted. The pilot reported that at the time of the accident, the wind was reported from 180 degrees at 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.