Cessna 150F N8900S
22 November 2008 · Trenton, Texas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 22 November 2008 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 150F registered N8900S was involved in an accident near Trenton, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 01:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Trenton, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tri-County Aereodrome (48TX)
- Coordinates
- 33.4544, -96.3814
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150F
- Registration
- N8900S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Trenton → Trenton
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- CEN09CA071
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The pilot's improper flare during landing, resulting in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident were the night light conditions and the instructor's inadequate supervision of the pilot.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
A student pilot and flight instructor were performing a night landing to a private grass runway when the airplane landed hard. The airplane's nose gear then collapsed and the airplane nosed over, coming to rest in an inverted position.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 30 May 2008 | Cessna 150 | New Berlin, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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All 10,427 records for this type
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